• copandballtorture [ey/em]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Do these become jury trials? In the near future, I could see jury nullification of these cases the same way abolitionists did it 200 years ago.

    porky-happy Judge: “You stand accused of helping a slave escape, here is irrefutable proof.”

    douglass-vibing Jury: “We find the defendant NOT GUILTY” troll

    porky-scared-flipped

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOP
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      1 year ago

      Germany doesn’t have jury trials and France only uses them in very rare criminal cases.