LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoPeople outside of the USA: What are some interesting, cool, or fascinating aspects of your country you'd like to share with the world?message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squarePeople outside of the USA: What are some interesting, cool, or fascinating aspects of your country you'd like to share with the world?LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 9 months agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareAnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months ago we don’t have a US-style kangaroo court system What does that mean?
minus-squareMaestro@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoA lot of DA’s in the US trump up charges and add anything they can think of, often in order to scare the defendant into settling out of court. I believe some 97% of cases in the US are settled out of court. That doesn’t happen over here.
minus-squareAnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoOK. Thank you for explaining.
What does that mean?
A lot of DA’s in the US trump up charges and add anything they can think of, often in order to scare the defendant into settling out of court. I believe some 97% of cases in the US are settled out of court. That doesn’t happen over here.
OK. Thank you for explaining.