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[latency-guy2]

The standard for the judicial is not "the truth", its about what you can "prove".

Judicial cannot claim one party is lying or not, in fact it is impossible, given the fact its nearly always a "he said she said" deal (in this particular scenario). Quite literally, the judge was't there, lawyers weren't there either and they get a twisted version of truth no matter if they are prosecuting or defense.

It sucks, fully agreed, but there is no way around it. As long as the judgement is not too punitive is about the best you can hope for.

[CPLX → latency-guy2]

> The standard for the judicial is not "the truth", its about what you can "prove".

It's not though. Completely unprovable allegations by a single person have real consequences. That's just the way the system works.

[kylebenzle → CPLX]

Exactly, the lawyers will encourage their client to make a false claim, use it for leverage then drop the accusation with no recourse for the accused.