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Norman Hsu: Where's the Crime? | 19 comments (19 topical)

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The absence of evidence isnt evidence (none / 0) (#12)
by Geekesque on Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 10:56:54 AM EST
of absence.

Sure, no one has publicly stated that they participated in a money laundering scheme to violate federal election law.  But that's not very remarkable.

Is Hsu a political groupie?  Sure.  Did he also violate campaign finance laws?  There's some investigating that needs to be done before we can answer that.

But (none / 0) (#15)
by LarryE on Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 11:53:14 AM EST
absence of evidence isnt evidence of absence

No, but it is absence of evidence. Your own statement is an acknowledgment that no actual evidence of crimes here related to political contributions has been presented.

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Too early to say he committed no crime. (5.00 / 1) (#16)
by Geekesque on Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 01:58:14 PM EST
Let the authorities follow this guy's money trails and conduct an investigation before we decry how he's been treated in the media.

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He has already committed a crime. (none / 0) (#18)
by jimakaPPJ on Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 11:09:20 PM EST
...And convicted... and fled..... and been exposed and then surrendered (over the phone) and then fled....

The questions are.... Did he defraud SFI??

Did he make illegal contributions?

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Huh? (none / 0) (#19)
by LarryE on Mon Sep 17, 2007 at 01:40:09 AM EST
Too early to say he committed no crime

Say what? What kind of backwards "guilty until proven innocent" approach is that?

The issue here is that there has been a lot of hinting, innuendo, and nudge-nudge insinuation that he is guilty of illegal campaign contributions - but no actual evidence. And that is not proper journalism and it unfairly tars any candidate who may have received a contribution from him.

Is he being investigated for illegal contributions? If he is, I would assume investigators have some evidence indicating there's something there. But it doesn't appear that he is.

I say again: Absence of evidence is absence of evidence.

And the absence of evidence is by definition not a basis to call for investigations.

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