That “technicality” is a critical part of our criminal justice system. I’d much rather a criminal be set free than set the precedent that due process is optional

Allowing exceptions here would open the door to all sorts of corruption. What would then stop the president from treating all his political opponents the same way? Have them all raided without cause and “find” all sorts of evidence

By the way, the jury thing is jury nullification. The basic concept is that if a juror feels a law is unjust (or any other reason), they can vote not to convict even if the burden of proof was met for a conviction. The courts can’t tell the jury their verdict is incorrect. The only recourse is an appeal (which can’t happen in an acquittal due to double jeopardy)

Jury nullification was used quite a bit in the North before the Civil War. Many Northern juries chose to acquit violations of the Fugitive Slave Act because they felt the law was unjust

As long as you’re making things up, why not just say he confessed? Much stronger argument

Also WTF does his job have to do with taking the bus? I work in tech and take the bus too. I’d take trains, but American trains are lacking. Better arrest me too since riding the bus is proof of murder now

I’m kind of surprised Lemmy allows duplicate comments like Reddit. Super easy to prevent the issue, because there really isn’t a case where a person would want to post the same comment multiple times

I’m so confused why so many people think a VPN is the best solution. It’s easy to implement, but hardly optimal, and certainly not the only solution

This would probably rupture a humans organs

Anyone around for early '00s internet knew that already…

Salmon wasn’t traditionally eaten with sushi. It was a relatively recent addition after a very successful advertising campaign from Norwegian salmon fishers and farmers, IIRC

They got basically all the ingredients wrong. Sushi rice requires sushi rice vinegar, which they forgot. Smoked salmon isn’t bad, but most people would expect raw in sushi. Regular soy sauce works, but isn’t what would be traditionally eaten with sushi

Back in gas? We never fully took it out. 100 low-lead is still a standard fuel in aviation. It was only recently that the FAA finally even allowed a lead-free alternative

What’s your source for that? I’d like to see the methodology as it can make a huge difference

If I’m living with family because I can’t afford rent, some studies would consider me to be a homeowner because I reside in an owner-occupied home, despite the fact that would be a misleading statistic

Alternatively, if I’m living with a spouse/partner and they own the home, with only their name on the deed, I am still effectively a homeowner but may or may not be included depending on methodology

Important caveat with that data: It’s showing the proportion of houses that are owner-occupied, not the proportion of people that actually own their homes

So if I’m a young adult renting, then I hit hard economic times and move back in with my parents, I have now increased the homeownership rate because I would then be moving from a renter-occupied home to an owner-occupied home

And did you know Sudan has the most pyramids of any country in the world?

You can really tell who they want in jail and who they don’t when you compare it to Luigi Mangioni’s case. They were happy to release all sorts of documents and publicly state he is guilty (despite being presumed innocent in the eyes of the law)

Do less drugs.

you don’t know to use AI. no one here does. I do.

That’s hilarious. Everyone thinks they’re some kind of savant while using LLMs. The reality is quite different

AI is a useful tool, but people who misuse it, primarily due to overreliance, end up creating more work than AI is solving

It’s a coalition of groups with different purposes

One group wants to ban porn entirely

One group want to collect data on everyone. Your porn habits can be valuable if you’re a future political rival

Some people believe it will prevent children from seeing porn

Others use it as a way to assert control over sex workers, especially female sex workers

Probably a few other smaller groups too. End of the day, none of them have your interests at heart

Don’t worry, Trump is pardoning drug traffickers as long as they can pay for it

This kind of thing is why she loat an election to Donald Trump of all people. She had the easiest race in history, but failed because she is a deeply unlikable shill

Cars are fine. Car dependence is not. If you say something broad like “cars might just have been our worst idea” someone will simply point to the cases where it’s unambiguously helpful such as ambulances, fire trucks, etc. and dismiss you entirely - along with dismissing the idea of walkable cities

They’re trying to claim the playgrounds will be in the middle of the street. They even post a picture of an obviously poorly designed playground in between streets to associate the two ideas

This is despite the fact the whole point of closing low traffic streets to make a playground and cul de sac is so we don’t have to put a playground in a literal street

It’s propaganda, plain and simple

I appreciate that they linked to the actual transportation agenda, but when you look at the article and agenda side-by-side, it becomes really obvious how dishonest NY Post is being here

NY Post is outright lying about parks in the middle of streets. I get their biases, but shouldn’t they at least pretend to be honest?