PA Trench News - Damon Stern Part 2

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In the first reporting of this video I mentioned lawyers.... you know those scary people who come after you. That's a joke. To explain where the lawyers come from, I have to explain some general information about the legal system. There are two types of ways you can be held responsible in the court of law. Criminally and Civilly. The goal of the criminal justice system is to identify a crime, and hold a person or persons responsible for that crime. This is just a general over view.

The goal of the civil court system is to right a wrong. Often in the form of monetary compensation. Lets jump back about 20 years to 1995 and briefly talk about OJ Simpson. OJ Simpson was charged with the murders of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman in criminal court. OJ and his fleet of lawyers took these charges to trial to have a jury decided if OJ had committe ... 

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