• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Because that’s a profit motive, and for better or worse, you often need to have money to hire a lawyer and file a civil suit to get money as a victim which is a deterrent to filing frivolous suits.

    If the State prosecuted crimes for you to get financial compensation I can assume you can see how problematic that might become.