Character counts

[Horace]

@George-K said in Character counts:

So this is already incoherent. “Sentencing is a separate phase that follows conviction”. There’s that word “conviction”. Indicating a person is a convicted felon before sentencing. I suggest this distinction between “convicted” and “guilty but not yet sentenced” is against any common usage, and might even be difficult to track down to any agreed upon source of truth.

[LuFins Dad]

@Horace said in Character counts:

@George-K said in Character counts:

So this is already incoherent. “Sentencing is a separate phase that follows conviction”. There’s that word “conviction”. Indicating a person is a convicted felon before sentencing. I suggest this distinction between “convicted” and “guilty but not yet sentenced” is against any common usage, and might even be difficult to track down to any agreed upon source of truth.

At this point in time the case is still active. The jury has voted to convict but it is not technically finished until sentencing.

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in Character counts:

@Horace said in Character counts:

@George-K said in Character counts:

So this is already incoherent. “Sentencing is a separate phase that follows conviction”. There’s that word “conviction”. Indicating a person is a convicted felon before sentencing. I suggest this distinction between “convicted” and “guilty but not yet sentenced” is against any common usage, and might even be difficult to track down to any agreed upon source of truth.

At this point in time the case is still active. The jury has voted to convict but it is not technically finished until sentencing.

Then we have no common word to describe someone after a jury convicts and before they are sentenced. The suggested common words like “accused” would all imply that the trial hasn’t happened yet. So we would sacrifice clarity if we cared about this distinction.

[Jolly]

In a country that no longer cares about justice or equal protection under the law, semantics are such a trivial thing...

[Mik]

It's a distinction without a difference. How many felons can dance on the head of a pin.

[George K]

@Mik said in Character counts:

It's a distinction without a difference.

[Doctor Phibes]

Is somebody considered a wanker before they actually finish?

How many wankers can dance on the head of....er, never mind.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Character counts:

@Mik said in Character counts:

It's a distinction without a difference.

I dunno… What if DJT decided to file slander suits against all the outlets calling him a convicted felon?

[Mik]

It would go nowhere.

[Horace]

I am sure common usage would play into any decision on such a case, and therefore it would go nowhere.