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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The best outcome of this situation is jury nullification. If the jury nullifies, we'll have proven the law does not prosecute heroic deeds of this caliber. It would be the biggest blow to capitalism in generations.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

i love that too, but they will be anticipating jury nullification, and they have stopped people from doing it before.

i just don't trust anything abut the american justice system any more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The have been arrested white Canadians for improper documentation and holding them for months with no charge or even telling them why they have been arrested and detained.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Once the jurors are selected, we need to start a social media blitz in New York around jury nullification. Signs on street corners. Murals. Chanting crowds outside the courthouse on the court dates.

We can do this 💪

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Aren't jurors for high profile cases typically secluded during the trial? Would they even be on social media or in a position to be out in public much?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

They still have to enter the building, and the courts have specifically found that holding signs signs and handing out pamphlets about jury nullification in public space outside of courthouse are 100% protected speech.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I am in Canada. I would go, but I don't want CBP to be asking me any questions. Last time I visited the US they searched my car for no reason. I have been interrogated by them before (you can probably tell by my username I am of Lebanese descent), but I have a feeling that the Trumpian bullshit might empower them to detain me for no fucking reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

i agree, but keep in mind that if the DOJ knows what they're up against, they will pull some underhanded shit to make a conviction unavoidable. don't doubt them for a second.

i honestly have no faith and would rather see us organizing the things that don't interact with the gears of government at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"he who saves his country has committed no crimes"

i threw up in my mouth a bit quoting trump, but throwing their words back at them is always satisfying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If it makes you feel any better, Trump was quoting Napoleon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can tell he was quoting someone else because the sentence makes grammatical sense

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have been shouting this from the rooftops since I heard what happened. So many people think you have to punish someone if they are proven guilty... not true in the USA. The jury can decide he is not guilty for whatever reason they want. They can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he did it and the jury can still let him go. So many people don't know this.

Also a great way to get out of jury duty is to mention this during the selection process, they will boot you 100% of the time if you know this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem is that if you try to get on a jury to do this then you're usually probably committing perjury. They typically ask questions somewhat related to it without outright using the phrase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Definitely true. I would perjure myself to get Luigi off the hook though. He is a hero not a criminal. He had the balls to kill that piece of shit, I can have the balls to tell a white lie to get him out.