To: a fool in paradise
A civil suit only needs a 51% likelihood to convict.
No one is "convicted" in a civil suit. The plaintiff in a civil suit has the burden of proving his/her case by a "preponderance of the evidence" which you can try to sum up as a "51% likelihood" but it is really a more nebulous standard when put in front of a judge or a jury.
My point is that this case has nothing to do with the boy. He has gotten all the punishment he is going to get: a 5-day suspension and a brief transfer to a different school.
This is a lawsuit against the school. Whether the girl "consented" or not is only peripherial to the issue before the court.
Absolutely tragic.
34 posted on
09/19/2014 8:23:37 AM PDT by
caligatrux
(...some animals are more equal than others.)
To: caligatrux
It’s nice to see the Justice Dept. on the right side of an issue for a change.
39 posted on
09/19/2014 8:30:29 AM PDT by
Wolfie
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson