• Lvxferre
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    52 days ago

    Fair point.

    Even then, trial by jury is only rarely invoked, extremely restricted, often mixed (professional judges and common citizens) and there are often restrictions when it applies; and I genuinely don’t think that a jury would be used in this case, in most of those countries.

    So it’s more like a technicality in this specific case.

    Also note that at least Portugal wouldn’t even allow a jury in this case, as Mangione is answering for terrorism (bullshit, I know, but…). Other countries likely have similar restrictions.

    • @RunawayFixer
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      11 day ago

      I doubt that he would be prosecuted for terrorism in any other western democracies, it seems to be part of the USA prosecution habit of stacking up as many charges as possible, combined with the very broad anti terrorism laws after 2001.

      If prosecuted as a murder, a jury trial would happen in a bunch of countries: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/do-countries-the-jury-trial-system.html Imo you assume wrong in this case.