r/nottheonion • u/PaigeWylderOwO • 4d ago

Japan's first strike! Chinese woman was prosecuted for riding an electric suitcase on the streets of Osaka

https://www.laitimes.com/en/article/6unag_7azke.html

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u/Midoriya-Shonen- 4d ago

The case will be sent to court for trial

So not prosecuted? Not even finalized yet. At the most, what, a ticket? Prosecuted is such a strong, clickbait word. What a garbage article title purely intent on outrage clicks.

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u/voxelghost 3d ago

The case will be sent to the court for trial, and the final judgment will passed after the judges get to race it around the courthouse

Quoting from memory, accuracy might be a tad off

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u/SirHovaOfBrooklyn 3d ago

Nothing wrong with the word Prosecute. Prosecute means to officially accuse someone of a crime or a delict. So the fact that she will be put on trial means that the prosecutor has prosecuted her because he deems that there is enough evidence to support the filing of a case. Conviction in court is a different thing in itself. PROSECUTION is not equal to CONVICTION.

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u/MechCADdie 3d ago

Prosecutors in Japan don't tend to charge in Japan unless they're 99.99% certain they will win.

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u/Americrazy 3d ago

Welcome to the world of modern reality outrage capitalism 

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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House 3d ago

This is the nottheonion subreddit. Clickbait is what we do