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Originally Posted by mangajunky
I still don't understand the California legal system that finds him not guilty in a criminal trial but guilty in a civil trial - it's either one or the other. The second trial shouldn't have happened if he was found not guilty in the first.
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The burden of proof is different in a civil trial. You can still be held responsible even if your guilt can't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. It could happen anywhere; it's not just CA.
I wonder, though, if his civil trial could have been used a reasoning for such a harsh sentence.