@jeffw to politics • edit-26 months agoYou’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square215arrow-up1923arrow-down151file-text
arrow-up1872arrow-down1external-linkYou’re more likely to go to prison for exposing animal cruelty than for committing itwww.vox.com@jeffw to politics • edit-26 months agomessage-square215file-text
Not really sure what to put here…I usually put relevant excerpts, but that got this post deleted for doing that
minus-square@rbhfdlink14•6 months agoStill, that’s a few steps further than just “exposing animal cruelty”. Not saying what they did was wrong at all, but the headline is definitely clickbait. (Note: I haven’t read past the headline or some of the comments, so I might be way off)
minus-squaremycorrhiza they/themlinkfedilink14•6 months agoJuries didn’t view it as wrong in past court cases. This was the first one to land a conviction, and they did it by putting a gag order on all the footage the activists took, which in previous cases was instrumental in swaying juries.
Still, that’s a few steps further than just “exposing animal cruelty”.
Not saying what they did was wrong at all, but the headline is definitely clickbait.
(Note: I haven’t read past the headline or some of the comments, so I might be way off)
Juries didn’t view it as wrong in past court cases. This was the first one to land a conviction, and they did it by putting a gag order on all the footage the activists took, which in previous cases was instrumental in swaying juries.