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[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 202 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I just want to say for the record that if anyone is on trial for brutally beating a KKK member and I'm on the jury I will never ever convict you. That is not a crime.

[–] Spot@startrek.website 92 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

On the jury, being shown some video evidence....

"It doesn't look like anything to me."

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 68 points 2 months ago

Why would I convict him? He just whooped that ghost's ass.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Clearly it's John Cena your honor

[–] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago

You can actually question if video evidence is still credible, with editing software and deep fakes nowadays.

“It’s not a crime to beat up a ghost, because ghosts don’t exist. I think we’re done here.”

[–] grue@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I would never say something like that on record.

Unrelated fun fact: having that kind of record come up in voir dire would immediately get you kicked off the jury.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

If a lawyer can find this they deserve to kick me off the jury. Although I will say I've never been picked for a jury I think I'm Kryptonite the most lawyers.

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 months ago

Damn OP njm1314, too bad you used your real name and are super easy to find!

[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jury Nullification!!!

Seriously people. Know it! Use it!

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately jury nullification also has a very racist history. Not to say it can’t be used for good now!

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

As long as it still exists, use it for good I guess.

We can't change the system in a day, but we can use the tricks that racists use to nudge it in the proper direction.

And if they don't like it, sure they can go ahead and remove those tricks. Only makes our system more fair and straightforward, which is a good thing.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago

You probably wouldn't end up on the jury without lying during jury selection then.

Oh thank god-

See ya in court Tuesday then!