The Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl in England has won his second match at the Paris Olympics.

Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics and received an even harsher reaction from the crowd on Wednesday than for his first match.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      A fair and democratic process requires a whole bunch of laws to ensure that process is, in fact, fair and democratic, so…

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          11 months ago

          Yes, it’s a ‘mind prison’ to suggest that you can’t have a fair and democratic election without laws to ensure that the election is fair and democratic.

          By the way, I should point out that judges are elected in much of the U.S. Which is what you were advocating for anyway.