xenoc

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[–] xenoc@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Trump acting like he's making another business deal rather than finally meeting up with external reality.

[–] xenoc@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

That might work, if there are causes for federal charges. If she was still in school the feds might be able to have some angle on it. But federal charges for sexual assault are far from being "standard". More common is bringing a civil case for monetary liability including punitive damages. IANAL so I don't know whether any of this is possible in this situation.

[–] xenoc@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Last paragraph of the article:

Clinton cannot be tried again for the same crime under the Fifth Amendment. A motion to expunge Clinton’s record was denied in February 2023.

[–] xenoc@lemmy.world 141 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (15 children)

Doesn't let the rapist, Drew Clinton, get tried again though, due to US Constitution protection against double jeopardy.

[–] xenoc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He may well be one of the "humanized" Klingons from the Augment virus, who is using prostheses to look like uninfected Klingons. Or who had less-than-successful plastic surgery for the same reason. But didn't yet modify the human style teeth.

At this point in the timeline there's probably a mix of original ridged Klingons, TOS-type humanized Klingons, surgically and prostheses-restored Klingons, and overreacted-gene-therapy blue/grey double-nostrilled Discovery-style Klingons running around. Probably on separate ships so they don't have to look at or be looked at by other style Klingons who consider each other dishonored.