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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case

www.bangkokpost.com

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Vietnam seeks death for tycoon in $12bn fraud case

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RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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HANOI - Vietnamese prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed to Truong My Lan, the mastermind of the Southeast Asian nation's largest financial fraud on record, state media said.
  • fustigation769curtain@lemmy.world
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    Not for fraud, no.

    It’s okay to execute child rapists, though.

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      Not even then. There are countless examples of corrupt prosecutors pushing through convictions because they want a win, even when it was clear the accused was innocent.

      Without an absolutely perfect system of justice, I’m not willing to trust the state with executions in any circumstances.

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        There are countless examples of corrupt prosecutors pushing through convictions because they want a win, even when it was clear the accused was innocent.

        Can you share any?

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          here’s roughly 300

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_inmates

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            We’re talking specifically about child rapists, though.

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              This should do, then

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                I don’t get it. It just links to the Wiki article about Satanic panic.

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                  Did you read it?

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                    I read a bit of the introduction, didn’t get far enough

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                  summarize the satanic panic in one sentence

                  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                    “Innocent people found guilty of child sexual abuse because of an unfounded grand uproa—”

                    OH WAIT HOW DARE YOU?!

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                    People panicked over Satanism.

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          Were you born yesterday…?

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            No. That’s why I seek sources rather than believe everything I read on forums.

            You should try it sometime, lol.

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              You don’t believe there’s ever been a wrongly convicted person ever?

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                No. Why would you think that?

                I’m curious where he’s getting his information from, though. He seemed so confident about it until I pressed him on sources.

                That usually means he’s talking out of his ass.

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                  That usually means he’s talking out of his ass.

                  No. That would be you instead.

    • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
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      Florida is trying to pass a law like this while also trying to pass a law that brands trans people as sex offenders

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        If you give the state a reason they’re allowed to kill people they’ll find a reason to argue that the people they don’t like fit that reason

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          Yeah at a certain point (late 30s in my case) you start to doubt all these people, who knew the authorities were mad at them, had had warrants executed previously, had child porn on their computer. It’s like the “sprinkle crack on him” for politics

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