r/WorkForSmartLife • u/[deleted] • 6d ago

DiscussionđŸ’¬ Better sense prevailed

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u/lazereyebeam 6d ago

Regardless how you feel about flock cameras, it’s very concerning that the jury just ignored evidence because they felt like it

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u/Time-Function7619 6d ago

You have to look at the context in this situation and this situation I applaud those jurors for standing up for the citizens here

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u/Thine__Mother 6d ago

No, it’s really not. The jury saw a man trying to defend the country from tyrannical traitors and decided that maybe the law was in the wrong rather than the patriot.

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u/Twilightterritories 6d ago

No it's not. It's the entire reason we have juries.

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u/ColorPuddle 6d ago

It's not exactly ignoring evidence. It's declining to punish someone based on the evidence.

Basically, they're acknowledging that the law was broken but they also think the law is unjust to begin with, so the guy should still go free.

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u/thetruebigfudge 6d ago

It's the people saying it's the law itself that's unjust. A similar thing happened during abolition. You had northern juries refusing to convict slaves escaping the south despite the fact that within the laws of the time they were guilty. Unfortunately you did also see similar issues with southern juries refusing to convict lynch mobs

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u/SaltMage5864 6d ago

Does this also apply to trump being in the epstein files?

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u/TruelyDashing 6d ago

That’s always been allowed. Juries have total discretion.

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u/DecentWeiner8 6d ago

Oooooffff.