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Who Has the Burden of Proof?
Massive Voting Fraud Would Be a Criminal Offense
Who carries the burden of proof in a trial? Trump’s the accuser seeking the death penalty for everyone who refuses to join his personality cult. He should have demonstrated massive voter fraud BEFORE he incited his followers to invade the US Capitol, intent on executing Congress members on live TV and lynching Vice President Pence. Even if it’s proven that the election was stolen from Trump, he isn’t so pluperfect that voter fraud becomes a capital offense.
No amount of CLAIMS equal even a little PROOF. If claims equaled proof, prosecutors could win every death penalty case by merely adding more charges until they reached the “proof” threshold. Thanks to their confirmation bias, a Gish Gallop may convince Christians it is proof of their particular god. But if long lists of claims let humans speak gods into reality, the Gish Gallop would allow mere humans to create infinite numbers of Gods with the capital G.
Prosecutors already employ a mini-version of the Gish Gallop by bringing every charge they can twist the law books into supporting. Thankfully, in courts of criminal law, judges would toss real Gish Gallop irrelevant claims, rightly seeing endless claims tactic as prosecutorial misconduct. Also, the burden of proof ALWAYS rests with the person bringing the…