Eli5 – How can someone be proven not guilty of murder in criminal court but still sued in civil court?

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Eli5 – How can someone be proven not guilty of murder in criminal court but still sued in civil court?

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The tldr version is a jury can find someone innocent in criminal, and then that same person does something stupid like “I didn’t do it, but if I did…” and that can be used as evidence in a civil suit. Can’t be tried again for the same crime.

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