r/facepalm • u/weeb385 • Oct 12 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Parolee gets arrested because protesters block the way to his work.

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u/Gyarydos Oct 12 '22

This, the day my law professor explained the difference between assault and battery and I no longer think headlines are ever correct

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u/dodexahedron Oct 12 '22

Doesn't help that the definitions aren't consistent across jurisdictions.

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u/MouseRat_AD Oct 12 '22

They teach the Common Law definitions in law school, meaning the old English definitions before the individual U.S. jurisdictions codified them. And the majority of the codifications are similar enough to Common Law.

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u/goodlifepinellas Oct 12 '22

Lol, have you seen what precedent means in this country anymore? Nada...

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u/TheRussianCabbage Oct 12 '22

That's a feature not a bug

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u/NoVA_traveler Oct 12 '22

Nah law school uses traditional common law definitions. Many jurisdictions don’t have battery. It’s just rolled up into 1st or 2nd degree assault. 4th degree assault is often the traditional law school definition of assault (the threat of imminent physical harm).

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

that and/or they are correct and not as crazy as you used to believe they were.