alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTruong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraudwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down17
arrow-up1457arrow-down1external-linkTruong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraudwww.bbc.co.ukalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squareMNByChoicelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·7 months ago“Show trial” usually means “nit a real trial and the person may be innocent”. The tone of the article is that she did the crime. I am confused.
minus-squareandroogee (they/she)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-27 months ago“A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. The purpose of holding a show trial is to present both accusation and verdict to the public, serving as an example and a warning to other would-be dissidents or transgressors.” Has nothing to do with the legitimacy of the verdict, it’s just a specific type of trial with a specific purpose.
minus-squareMNByChoicelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThank you. So Vietnam’s courts must not normally be open to the public?
minus-squareSeabassDan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoSo it’s basically for show, or to show the proceedings to the public. A “show trial”, if you will.
“Show trial” usually means “nit a real trial and the person may be innocent”. The tone of the article is that she did the crime.
I am confused.
“A show trial is a public trial in which the guilt or innocence of the defendant has already been determined. The purpose of holding a show trial is to present both accusation and verdict to the public, serving as an example and a warning to other would-be dissidents or transgressors.”
Has nothing to do with the legitimacy of the verdict, it’s just a specific type of trial with a specific purpose.
Thank you.
So Vietnam’s courts must not normally be open to the public?
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So it’s basically for show, or to show the proceedings to the public. A “show trial”, if you will.