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kevinmorice t1_jedscn3 wrote
Reply to comment by Icy-Farm-9362 in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
CPS in England / Wales.
Procurator Fiscal in Scotland.
phagga t1_jedsbg4 wrote
Reply to comment by MrMiget12 in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
Only for extremely large values of 2.
kevinmorice t1_jedsb7g wrote
Reply to comment by Icy-Farm-9362 in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
In the UK we don't have the same process. Rather than have a prosecution go to a jury, without hearing a defence, and allow them to decide if there is a case to answer we have the CPS (England and Wales) or Procurator Fiscal (Scotland) who make those decisions on whether a case has sufficient evidence to go ahead.
strugglingtosave t1_jeds7d2 wrote
Reply to eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
It means you had Soul Level 99
48 vitality 66 endurance 12 attunement 16 strength 10 dexterity
Giants giants giants Father mask Chaos two hander Grass crest shield Black flame
It means you pwned some noobz on PVP and became a legend.
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spikecurtis t1_jeds1fs wrote
Reply to eli5 why is file/folder size is in bytes but speed counts are mostly in bits? by ArchariosMaster
The difference is largely historical.
Data storage devices are byte-addressable, in that the smallest unit of data you can read one write is one byte. We long ago standardized on 8-bits per byte, but in early computing there were different byte sizes.
Early data transmission devices (what we now call network hardware) measured their speed in bits per second. The byte wasn’t standardized as 8 bits yet, and different ends of the transmission might have different byte sizes.
Modern networking gear basically always sends data in some whole number of 8-bit bytes (in the context of networking they are sometimes called octets to be absolutely clear they are 8-bit units), but the bits per second terminology persists.
You wouldn’t want to be the manufacturer who unilaterally shifts to bytes per second when you peers are still marketing bits per second, for fear of people thinking your stuff is slower than it is!
I-melted t1_jedrzrm wrote
Reply to comment by MrMiget12 in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
I laughed very hard at this. Thankyou.
huskersax t1_jedrzol wrote
Reply to comment by Welpe in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
>Let’s not forget that Trump is one of the worst testifiers of all time. He BETTER take his lawyers seriously when they forbid him from taking the stand, because who knows what he will say on the stand to make things worse.
"I worked on that cross-examination for six months and then he... just... tweeted it out." - Lead Prosecutor, probably.
AdvonKoulthar t1_jedruez wrote
RednBlackEagle t1_jedrt56 wrote
Reply to comment by mojoxer in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
Are the grand jury random people from the US?
Do they all have to agree on the indictment or would it also be an indictment if only, say 6 out of 10 grand jury members, think the person should be investigated?
Kidiri90 t1_jedrrr6 wrote
Reply to comment by The_Middler_is_Here in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
But 5 is less than 3!
EDIT: Why am I being downvotee? 3!=6>5
Apollyom t1_jedrl2m wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
The Thing about grand jury's are that they are given almost unlimited investigative power, via the ability to subpoena people and things.
Tufflaw t1_jedrfo9 wrote
Reply to comment by coilycat in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
They can happen in either order.
In New York State, you can be arrested for a felony without an indictment, if the police have probable cause to believe you committed a crime. The charging document is called a Felony Complaint. After the arrest, unless a disposition can be worked out between the DA's office and the defense (such as a guilty plea or reduced charges), the only way for the case to proceed to trial is via indictment. You cannot go to trial in New York on a Felony Complaint.
Alternatively, if a felony is committed, the DA's office can choose to present evidence to the Grand Jury and secure an indictment before the target is arrested, it's known as a De Novo indictment. After the indictment is secured, the defendant is arrested and arraigned on the indictment and the case proceeds exactly the same as if the defendant had already been arrested on a felony complaint.
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Welpe t1_jedrawk wrote
Reply to comment by huskersax in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
Let’s not forget that Trump is one of the worst testifiers of all time. He BETTER take his lawyers seriously when they forbid him from taking the stand, because who knows what he will say on the stand to make things worse. It’s not entirely clear that he even registers when he is lying, it is so ingrained in his style of speaking it’s barely conscious. It seems like he just says what he wants to be true and assumes it therefore is, which is a major problem when under oath.
Trump is going to want to take the stand 100% though, and it’s unclear if he will let his lawyers stop him. They have succeeded in the past, but he despises them for it and chafes at the idea of not being able to tell his story, and the more it happens the more resisting he becomes the next time.
We could very easily see perjury charges if he isn’t smart about this.
zhonzhon t1_jedr28a wrote
Reply to ELI5 What is the current problem with AIs? Why do they want to put bans on ChatGPT? by AnotherPeaInThePod
basically. skynet. they want to prevent skynet. AI's are at the point now where they can quickly access data and generate answer and pass off as being human. eventually, they might evolve and become skynet.
1grammarmistake t1_jedr0nq wrote
Reply to comment by Baktru in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
How guys from NY ask for head. “Gimme some Oral-B”
antoninp t1_jedqyd7 wrote
Reply to comment by mojoxer in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
Thank you for the answer.
Does it mean that every trial has started with an indictment or is it only for a limited list of "crimes" ?
In many countries, the prosecutor decides himself if sbdy should go to trial.
Welpe t1_jedqx69 wrote
Reply to comment by thelanoyo in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
A case this high profile not even a grand jury would function as a scapegoat. If they got the indictment but not the conviction because they overplayed the evidence they had…let’s just say it would not be a positive career move. They absolutely want the opinion of the grand jury on the evidence they have and playing fast and loose with bias to get the indictment with weak evidence would be self-destructive.
DoctorMobius21 t1_jedqw6x wrote
Reply to ELI5: If the chemical dopamine stimulates a 'feel good' sensation, is there a chemical that makes us angry? by Kree_Horse
Hormones dude. Adrenaline and cortisol are both responsible for fight or flight and they are the hormones involved in response. Anger is triggered by the brain, which releases those hormones, which escalates the anger. If you are not careful, you end up with a positive feedback loop which can result in rage. Learning to control anger is a important life skill. Otherwise, we’d all just kill each other whenever we get angry.
PDOUSR t1_jedqu9s wrote
Reply to ELI5 What is the current problem with AIs? Why do they want to put bans on ChatGPT? by AnotherPeaInThePod
Are you an AI generated post? Is any of this real? Once we stop knowing what is real/man made or not we lose control and control is what its all about.
TheDood715 t1_jedqtzh wrote
Reply to comment by The_Middler_is_Here in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
Because some things are and some things are not.
huskersax t1_jedqtlo wrote
Reply to comment by Brickypoo in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
The other thing that will happen is that the more Trump plays footsy with the legal system, the more the rats will want to get off the sinking ship.
With the prospect of a second Trump term less likely, they're be more mouths to feed than cronyism to feed them, and his ability to stave off witnesses and prevent other issues in civil court lessens.
Welpe t1_jedqpll wrote
Reply to comment by Zagrycha in eli5 What does “indicted” mean? by jcw10489
Grand Jury is definitely more interesting than normal jury duty, I’ll say that. Potentially way more traumatic though. Though for cases like this it wouldn’t be a normal grand jury, who are usually empaneled to a good amount of cases over a week, two week, sometimes multiple months in certain jurisdiction. I’m pretty sure for something this big the grand jury was only empaneled for this specifically.
Note that for grand juries the person being accused doesn’t get representation, nor is there a judge. The DA leads the proceedings. That’s why you hear things like “You could indict a ham sandwich”. Generally speaking, a committed DA can close to always get an indictment. Though with cases like this with major political ramifications I doubt there was much bias involved. Getting the indictment only for him to be found not guilty at trial because you overplayed your hand could be career ending. They honestly do want insight into how a jury will see the evidence, what questions they have about it, etc. It would be profoundly foolish to waste the opportunity on just getting an indictment with weak evidence.
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