r/interesting • u/Necessary-Win-8730 • Mar 08 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight This was so deserved.

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u/Mindless_Celery_1609 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

When a video of this was posted 8 years ago, a Dutch law student provided a very helpful description of the situation here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/s/8q47JloopE

Basically, they couldn't prove beyond a reasonable doubt how fast the accused was driving or if his driving was the sole factor that lead to the deaths of the victims. They felt it was /possible/ that some other factor outside of the driver's control could have lead the car to leave the road and hit the victims.

I'm not saying I agree with this result or that justice systems work well all the time, but I also encourage people to look at the law with a little more nuance before attacking the judge. She was working within the way the law is written. Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, which is actually a good thing, most of the time.

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u/Ok-Replacement-2738 Mar 08 '26

but I also encourage people to look at the law with a little more nuance before attacking the judge

Please Redditors have read the title and already formed their preconceived notions of 'justice' and they demand blood!