cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/20573505

The Ivy League-educated suspect is accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk.

  • @[email protected]
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    3 days ago

    By perp walking him needlessly surrounded by scores of cops, holding a press conference acting like “we got our man” and thusly influencing public sentiment and the jury pool alike.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      23 days ago

      Have such stunts been proven to affect jury outcomes? Is there proof that perp walks change the minds of the public?

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            -53 days ago

            Your arguments are easily disproven by the opposite argument. It’s purely hypothetical logic.

            Have such stunts been proven not to affect jury outcomes? Is there proof that perp walks don’t change the minds of the public?

            Be serious.

            • @[email protected]OP
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              23 days ago

              You cannot defend the claim you made. Interesting.

              I never said that perp walks don’t affect jury outcomes or change public opinions. You said that they do though, and I was asking for backing for that opinion, as it was a key point in your rather dramatic claim that Eric Adams is determining the outcome of the trial.

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                -33 days ago

                So, why do it then? What is the legal purpose of the mass dissemination of the public perp walk and the press conference?

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                  03 days ago

                  It’s also interesting that here because you can’t demonstrate the effect of the perp walk, you’re now going after the reason for the perp walk, which doesn’t even matter anyways because the intent has no effect on whether or not Eric Adams doing the perp walk affects the jury or not.

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                    -23 days ago

                    It’s also interesting that you offer no intellectually honest answers to very simple questions.