Lawmaker JJ Humphrey seeks punishments for ‘acts of terrorism’ and defines terrorist as ‘any person who is of Hispanic descent’
  • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
    1·
    10 months ago

    Shouldn’t the “and” be in the first statement as well to link them all together?

    Any person who is of Hispanic *and

    member of a gang *and

    Convicted of yada yada yada.

    The way it is written doesn’t link the first two together. It’s its own statement of law.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
      41·
      10 months ago

      That’s what the semicolons are for. It’s like saying “red, white, and blue”. You don’t need to say “red and white and blue”.

      • Cowlitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Except in this country where the courts can’t read and just makes up whatever it wants. Easier to do the less explicit things are.