• Objects in Space
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        52 years ago

        Ha! Absolutely correct and also just to drive the point home, “a few years” means 15 years.

    • @LufyCZ@lemmy.world
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      52 years ago

      So how exactly are they criminals? I must’ve missed their trials where they got convicted of a crime

      • Jeena
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        2 years ago

        So your definition of the word criminal only extends to people who got caught and convicted? In your definition a murderer who hasn’t been caught is not a criminal?

        • @rckclmbr@lemm.ee
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          2 years ago

          *caught

          (Not being snarky, i realize english might not be your first language),

          • Jeena
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            32 years ago

            Thanks! Fixed it, and yes it’s my 4th language ^^

        • @LufyCZ@lemmy.world
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          -12 years ago

          No, he’s not, because nobody has proven that he actually did murder someone.

          Saying someone is a criminal without any actual evidence and due process is possibly very harmful for that person, you’d agree if someone accused you of doing something you didn’t do and faced having your life ruined over such a baseless accusation

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              -12 years ago

              Well, if they have to discern the two meanings, it’s because it might have a different meaning in different contexts, at least that’s how I’d understand it.

              The context of “Altman is a criminal” fits neither, as it’s not a publicly known fact that he has commited a crime, nor has he been convicted of one.

              Allegations that his sister made are just that, allegations, it does not make him a criminal.