That's exactly what major financial institutions are worried about. Some busybody finds out that their bank is directly (or indirectly through a partner/subsidiary) profiting off of pornographic material, and all hell breaks loose. The federal government gets involved, and eventually something gets uncovered that is (however loosely) tied to things like child pornography, sex trafficking and whatnot.
There's a provision in the Patriot Act that requires US banks to report any suspicious activity. Because the adult film industry was a common haven for money laundering during the days where porn was primarily distributed through physical media, ALL adult content gets flagged by banks as suspicious.
Very similar indeed.
Or maybe he actually did do it and she suffers the effects of losing him to a jail sentence, possibly life or death considering the severity of the crime.
You're forgetting Uta is a "country girl" and hasn't been in Kumon-mi long. It is likely her brother also lived outside Kumon-mi.
Uta specifically says he's in jail for attempted murder not murder. He tried to kill someone but didn't succeed. Also it likely happened out in the country and Sana's brother was killed in the city.
Both good points, but what about the following? Sana's brother is actually dead, but attempted in legal terms means Uta's brother didn't succeed and Sana's brother would still be alive if he was the victim of that attempt. Unless, maybe he was the victim of multiple attempts, one of which was by Uta's brother that failed to kill him, the other by an unknown assailant that succeeded. He also could have been in Kumon-mi for some reason without residing there.
From a story perspective it would render the attempted murder kinda pointless to include. I'm sure though that some other character was likely involved but I'm pretty sure it wasn't Uta's brother. I'd more likely believe it was someone like Noriko or Yumi. Maybe even Maya if the part in baby finches where she starts talking like a serial killer can be taken at face value but that was a messed up scene. Also if the newest happy scene is talking about Maya being the homeless girl then it could add up. So far not enough info though.
Stuck here too, I fucked up and wrote down the number in the 'YOU NEED THIS' scene and didnt didnt pay attention to a word of the day. No saves and cant scroll back.
except! uta mentions always coming to the city as a kid to visit her... grandpa? w/e
nah, I was thinking in terms of gets attempted murder and the lawyer can tell the kid wont make it so he steam rolls the legal proceedings and pleas out before the kid can die since you can't get charged multiple times over a crime. I am probably wrong as hell about that.
I was able to go into scene replay and start the scene over.
That's what I'm saying, Sana's brother did die to another person and Uta's brother couldn't have done it given his crime was attempted murder, not murder itself, but that doesn't rule out an attempt by Uta's brother that failed and landed him in jail. It was definitely an unknown person who ultimately succeeded. I could also see Noriko, she's just that kind of crazy. Yumi is possible, but the least likely of the three. She does show a tough side, but has yet to show a willingness to follow through with any violent act unless someone else she cares about is in danger, especially any that would result in death. Sana's brother doesn't sound like the type to endanger someone Yumi cares about, so I couldn't see her doing it for that reason. 'Happy' scenes typically can't be taken at face value, so definitely not Maya based on "Baby Finches," but if something comes up in the reality of the game to throw a similar suspicion on her, she could be considered on that evidence.
It depends on where you get charged with whether it is called manslaughter or negligent homicide. I swear, sometimes, the states are just trying to make things difficult to understand.
That's not how plea deals work. At best, Uta's brother would get a reduced sentence, not a completely mitigated one. He would serve time in jail for the crime either way. That's just how severe that crime in particular is.
Causing grievous bodily harm tends to attract the same maximum sentences as murder for this reason.
Apologies, I'm answering in English and running it through Google translate, so the spanish may be horrible.
