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minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoIf it makes you feel any better, DC juries will laugh this out of court if the judges don’t first.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoI wish I had this kind of confidence in our criminal justice system
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThey’ve been pretty consistent so far, refusing to indict in a few similar cases and then acquitting the ham sandwich guy.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoI guess they better hope they’re afforded due process then. Not a guarantee anymore in the US.
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThat’s if they even make it all the way to trial. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/06/11/only-2-of-federal-criminal-defendants-go-to-trial-and-most-who-do-are-found-guilty/
If it makes you feel any better, DC juries will laugh this out of court if the judges don’t first.
I wish I had this kind of confidence in our criminal justice system
They’ve been pretty consistent so far, refusing to indict in a few similar cases and then acquitting the ham sandwich guy.
I guess they better hope they’re afforded due process then. Not a guarantee anymore in the US.
That’s if they even make it all the way to trial.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/06/11/only-2-of-federal-criminal-defendants-go-to-trial-and-most-who-do-are-found-guilty/