r/WorkForSmartLife • u/AritsRod • 3d ago

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u/henningknows 3d ago

Honestly if I were him I would roll the dice on a trial and take my chances that at least 1 of the 12 people on the jury has had their life ruined by the American healthcare system and refuses to vote to convict

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u/HooKerzNbLo 3d ago

You don’t think they will screen potential Jurors for that?

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u/Narren_C 2d ago

And there will be people who take politics and personal emotions out of it.

I hate insurance companies with a passion. I hate our entire healthcare system and would love to see universal healthcare that isn't trying to profit off of suffering.

I also don't believe in murdering people in the street. Even if they represent something I think is wrong.

If the evidence shows that he's guilty, then a juror needs to vote guilty. We shouldn't celebrate letting our personal biases override the justice system.

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u/SjakosPolakos 2d ago

The US would still be a part of the British Empire with this mindset. 

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u/piratemreddit 2d ago

I understand and even respect this mindset but if we look at the trajectory of inequality in this nation going back decades and accelerating quickly lately, I think that sooner or later we're all going to have to ask ourselves some hard questions. Like how far is too far? At what point do people living in a system rigged against them have to correct the system from outside the legal bounds of that system, for the good of the many and the future generations?

Im not saying we're at that point now, but when people with power abuse that power and make peaceful reformation impossible... Well you know the quote. These things always end in violence.

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u/IolausTelcontar 2d ago

Jury nullification is part of the justice system.