@BonesOfTheMoon to memes • 1 month agoMay we never know his name.imagemessage-square86arrow-up11.06Karrow-down131
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1imageMay we never know his name.@BonesOfTheMoon to memes • 1 month agomessage-square86
minus-squareCruxifuxlinkfedilink18•1 month agoI think that’s entirely possible. If this guy gets away Scott free and people know he did? Expect more attempts at CEO murder.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink35•1 month agoOne t in scot-free. From Scotland, where there are 3 possible verdicts to a murder trial: Guilty Not Guilty Not Proven In the 3rd instance, we may or may not all know you did it, but the State couldn’t prove their case, so you get away scot-free.
minus-squareCruxifuxlinkfedilink18•1 month agoOh no shit eh? I was actually wondering as I typed that what the proper way to spell it was and where it came from. Thanks man!
minus-square@harklink9•1 month agoAccording to this, it had originally literally meant “exempt from royal tax”: https://www.etymonline.com/word/scot-free#etymonline_v_22952
I think that’s entirely possible. If this guy gets away Scott free and people know he did? Expect more attempts at CEO murder.
One t in scot-free.
From Scotland, where there are 3 possible verdicts to a murder trial:
Guilty
Not Guilty
Not Proven
In the 3rd instance, we may or may not all know you did it, but the State couldn’t prove their case, so you get away scot-free.
Oh no shit eh? I was actually wondering as I typed that what the proper way to spell it was and where it came from. Thanks man!
According to this, it had originally literally meant “exempt from royal tax”: https://www.etymonline.com/word/scot-free#etymonline_v_22952