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A quick definition of actual innocence:

Actual innocence means that the person accused of a crime did not do it. It is different from other defenses because it says the person never did anything wrong. Sometimes, a person can use both actual innocence and other defenses in court. If new evidence shows that the person is innocent, they can also use actual innocence on appeal. But, they have to prove it beyond a doubt. Some laws let people use actual innocence to challenge their imprisonment even if they missed the deadline to appeal.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Actual innocence is a defense used in criminal cases where the defendant argues that they did not commit the crime they are accused of.

Unlike other defenses that admit to committing the crime but argue for special circumstances, actual innocence claims that the defendant did not commit the crime at all. This defense can be used in court or on appeal, but the burden of proof lies with the defendant to show that they are innocent beyond a reasonable doubt.

For example, if someone is accused of stealing a car, but they can prove that they were out of town at the time of the theft, they could use an actual innocence defense to argue that they did not commit the crime.

Another example could be a case where new evidence is discovered that proves the defendant's innocence. In this scenario, the defendant could use an actual innocence defense on appeal to challenge their imprisonment.

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21:34
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no he’s literally like 8 and he fully just put his head on my bicep and slept
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21:35
he has since moved
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i just went into a discord vc and yelled "YALL I JUST GOT INTO J.M. SCHOOL OF LAW"
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people were getting excited :sob:
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then someone was like "what does jm stand for" and i was like .. well
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JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:39
@splitty Oregon!
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JumpySubsequentDolphin
22:45
haha my brother and sister in law live there
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soyalmondoatmilk
8:38
good morning! hoping waves will come our wave today
8:42
GW wave today?
8:57
There’s someone I found on here with the username threeoutchange and if my understanding is correct that’s a reference to the debut album by a pretty cool 90s-00s Japanese band called Supercar. I geeked a little
8:57
It could just be a baseball reference I don’t get though lol
Dkk
9:00
@renard99: also, the same band that does a song in the anime Eureka 7 which I watched when I was like idk, 12
9:00
Yeah! They are pretty good. Three Out Change is an awesome J-rock record
Dkk
9:01
I will probably not listen to them more but fun fact. Really random to start the day. An omen that the waves will be very random today.
Dkk
9:03
Fuck, reading the wikipedia now. Literal last song they did before they broke up was Storywriter. Wow.
9:05
That one is a masterpiece
9:05
My favorite song by them is Recreation
glovediedthisishismom
9:05
snowing
Dkk
9:07
@renard99: man, hard to find.
Dkk
9:07
@glovediedthisishismom: Congrats on the snow.
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