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        1. …in reply to @pt
          pt I think it’s “guilty of defrauding investors, not guilty of defrauding patients” that people are objecting to.
      1. …in reply to @SamTheGeek
        pt Probably worth a discussion of the standards for legal culpability — I would bet that the investor fraud didn't require mens rea, the patient fraud did.
    1. …in reply to @SamTheGeek
      pt Same problem with things like shoplifting vs wage theft — one is strict liability (if you did it, you’re guilty) and the other is not (you have to prove intent or negligence)
  1. …in reply to @SamTheGeek
    pt (This is the same problem with the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict — it was *correct* but the underlying self-defense laws and the way they allow judicial discretion in when they can be used are problematic)