Comments by "raw beef" (@-whackd) on "Ryan Long"
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@cx2900 There is a difference between civil law and state law. In the anglosphere countries, the are called state law and common law. Civil law is any case where two civilians battle against each other in court, usually seeking monetary damages or an injunction.
In state law, there doesn't have to be a victim to claim damages from. In fact, most state law is not about paying monetary damages, but about imprisonment (punishment). State law cases are described as The United States of America vs Johnny Smith, whereas civil law cases are described as person vs person or plaintiff vs defendant.
They also have different standards of justice. In state law in the US, someone is judged as either guilty or not-guilty. This means the standards of evidence are very high to actually put someone in prison, when we make it "not-guilty" rather than "innocent". We may actually have a hunch the defendant committed the crime, but if there is no direct proof of it, he is not-guilty. His guilt must be absolutely proved.
Take a case from the celebrity world. Kobe Bryant was not found guilty of rape in US criminal courts because they woman invited him in and wanted to have sex with him. However, in civil courts he still had to pay her a few million dollars when she sued him. The level of evidence is lower--a judge just weighs what they think is most likely.
State laws are the only ones where you hear libertarians complain about "victimless crimes." For example, hiring a guy from Tijuana to work for you instead of one from San Diego, keeping some Adderall in your backpack without a prescription, or violating any of the endless regulations in business, banking, doing something on your property, etc etc.
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