LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world to Asklemmy · 11 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-square152fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down16
arrow-up1185arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square152fedilink
minus-squareMaestro@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·11 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-up2·11 months agoOK. Thank you for explaining.
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.