@return2ozma to News • 13 days agoLuigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square274arrow-up11.2Karrow-down121cross-posted to: [email protected]luigimangione[email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareloiakdsflinkfedilink3•edit-212 days agoand how exactly is a jury deciding about someone’s fate not already a popularity contest?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 days agoA jury does not decide someone’s fate. They determine whether a person is guilty of the charges against them beyond any reasonable doubt. A jury refusing to find a defendant guilty despite their obvious guilt simply because their actions might be understandable is corruption.
and how exactly is a jury deciding about someone’s fate not already a popularity contest?
A jury does not decide someone’s fate.
They determine whether a person is guilty of the charges against them beyond any reasonable doubt.
A jury refusing to find a defendant guilty despite their obvious guilt simply because their actions might be understandable is corruption.