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May 29, 2021 11:18 AM
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smorsdoeuvres
yakusokuN8
Took me a second. "What kind of reverse kangaroo court BS is that, where you'd pull an Ocean's 11 and have all your crew on the jury? Oh..."
tarkus10
Se, Mitch? This could have been you!
TheDayTheBrainStoodStill
I'd consider it a personal favor if you guys found me not guilty of all those murders we all did.
MarioBoon
Well, that’s what a jury of his peers is, no? ;)
frontseatdog
Context: The US Senate impeachment of Trump for the Jan 6 insurrection.
soclosebutnocigar
tarask
I just want to be judged like a corporation : I pay a tiny portion of my networth as a "fine" while admitting no guilt.
Idownvotegunnuts
"Your honor. Something, something we just need to move on."
Rigortortoise
I was just a tourist on the crime scene Your Honor!
theguywiththevoice
Well, it IS a jury of his peers
speershawks
I had a bookmarker of him in Canadian elementary school
rbudrick
That's like .88 bookmarks American, right?
FishDimension
I thought Colin McRae died.
limbodog
The history of racism in the south in nutshell
themagiciantarotcard
Don't forget about those of us that aren't American and don't know what to search to find out what the American Imgurites are posting about.
Danivuk
At a guess, the senate voting not to bother investigating the January riots.
BabyJebusCripes
Clive Anderson as judge, Ryan Styles as defense, Greg Proops as prosecutor and that is a court I would watch.
SithElephant
Whose on crossbow?
HiddenSanity
Drew Carey is the executioner who's assigned to stand menacingly in the background, which he also cannot do.
TheEmperorofManlovesTacos
Laura Hall providing appropriate background music
OobedoobScoobyDoobyBenubi
Wayne Brady as the sassy officer who throws out quips
Fido013
If you're looking for humor court, might I suggest Gary Busey's Pet Justice?
Whowhywhatwhere
Wheres my Wayne Brady bitch
NegimaSensei
Greg: "Your Honor, to begin the prosecution, I shall do it as a Hoedown." Ryan: "OBJECTION!"
Brunoemf90
Brad Sherwood, Chip Esten and Jeff Davis for jury duty.
doctorwhoquotes
Really short case because Ryan would bring up several good points but Colin would be innocent anyway because the points don’t matter.
balover1996
catamenia
glitchead
Drew Carey as all of the Jury
gunshowzero
Twelve of him!!!
ScreamingGreenFrog
Girls Girls there's enough of me for everyone.
xKagonu
Wayne Brady as key witness.
Rip42
Wayne Brady on trial for the crimes he committed on the Chapelle show.
jomi20806
Don’t worry, teal’c already took care of Wayne Brady... his death was quick
Fido013
This.
smashpro1
Choking bitches?
fuckiloveboobsthough
Jimmy "Two Shoes" McClardy confessed that he was once hired to beat a cow to death in a rice field using only two small porcelain figures
DaveSamsonite
Ba dum dum. We get it.
ichooseshorts
Police admit this may be the first known case of a knick-knack paddy whack.
mathknight
Rkfinecake
You need to provide the copyright to that joke.
DaveSamsonite
You ruined it! /s just kidding
4non
As a non native speaker could someone explain that to me? Never understood it when watching wliia. Whats the reference here?
mglaive
A knick-knack if a small decorative thing, the figures. A paddy is where you keep cows. Whack is slang for killing.
Lostradefaog
baxterbus
The flip side is even worse - convicting people based on prejudice and assumptions rather than evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. 1/2
baxterbus
There are so many people sitting in prison from non-unanimous jury verdicts that don’t reflect a trial by their peers
softballguy
It sure would be. We should investigate further. ... wait, we're not doing that?
PoorBoyChevelle
You're making a good point, but I fear you've missed the context of his statement
bladderinfection
Jury nullification: we can vote “not guilty” no matter what the circumstances - it’s our right. Judges don’t want people talking about it.
Miller16of16
This is the last tool of a democratic society against tyranical judiciary. Yes it can be abused but is 100% necessary.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
that's.... not quite true. You can vote not guilty, but if they can prove that you knowingly had a connection to the accused, and didn't>
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
>declare it, you can get into some trouble.
mooseablethenok
Uh...Yes, but actually no. It's more "result of having trials by jury" and the judge can absolutly boot the jury to the curb and start over.
Kurt1984
They dismiss you from the jury selection and will sometimes even pull you from the jury if you talk about it.
IwentLookingForWhatTheBiggestIdiotHasToSayAndHereYouAre
*if you do it before jury selection is finished.
Jatenffxiv
Just don't talk about it, I'll keep my mouth fucking shut for 100K
minuteye
1/2 Even for knowing about it. They often ask during selection if there's anything that would prevent you from judging in accordance with
minuteye
2/2 the law... jury nullification would qualify. If you're thinking about jury nullification but say "no", you're committing perjury.
LuminoZero
"I only found out about it after the trial started."
minuteye
In practical terms, the chances of you going down for it are basically... nothing? It'd be really hard to prove your intentions.
PizzaStation
Mention it during selection, and it's a "get out of jury duty free" card.
NotAPervert
Do they ask you if you know about it? Or are you required to agree not to use it but legally still can etc?
PizzaStation
They ask you all kinds of questions. If they don't ask you about it directly, you can easily work it I to one of your answers
mooseablethenok
Go to jury duty, or Karen will.
pm1001
This is very important. If you are in a jury you can find not guilty if you think the law is bad, unjust.... Ask the judge. 1
pm1001
Not relevant here tho
mooseablethenok
The judge will declare an immediate mistrial and you prolonged the misery of the person on trial. Good job, asshole!
pm1001
So you are saying this is not the case. Maybe varies from state to state.
mooseablethenok
Oh, no, universal misery for everyone involved in a trial is pretty much universal.
mksu
It's a tool white supremacists use to let other white supremacists off the hook and preserve white supremacy.
piggypoopballs
It can also be used to keep nonviolent drug offenders out of prison as a rebuke of the war on drugs ... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
PizzaStation
It was also used by abolitionists in cases involving people helping slaves escape and charged with violating the fugitive slave act.
Kurt1984
CheesecakePi
This was a pretty widely recognized fact during Reconstruction and up through the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Even if you could /1
CheesecakePi
get the police to arrest someone for lynching a black man and press charges, white juries would acquit them really regardless of evidence /2
CheesecakePi
most of the time (particularly in the South). There's no justice if society willingly and deliberately chooses not to pursue it. 3/3
acetech09
So are false prosecutions.
butthurtnevergetsbetter
The whole point of a jury is that there's people who can say "no" when judge and DA are in agreement.
PaintedSlate
Yeah, but it's very abusable hard power given pseudo-randomly. E.g., a high loyalty 30% political minority could make themselves immune.
Miller16of16
Amazing how few people understand this. We the People decide if a law is BS or unfairly applied, and can override it case by case if need be
mooseablethenok
No, no you can't. You are instructed as Jurors to decide one thing: If the accused did, or DID NOT do the thing they are accused of.
Miller16of16
Just no, or only a judge would ever be needed for a verdict. You have a right to be "judged" by your PEERS. THEY decide based on totality.
stevencloser
Objectively, I'd take the opinion of two people who studied the law extensively over a bunch of randos.
MaraSovsFeet
Right but not in the states lmfao we would imprison so many *more* innocent people if it was just judge and da
PizzaStation
Until you get a GOP appointed judge and a DA who doesn't give a fuck if you're innocent because wins make him look good.
mksu
There are a multitude of legitimate reasons to say no. There are probably better ways to handle bad trials than jury nullification.
ScienceIsNotALiberalConspiracy
Such as?
Soggybathroomsock
Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and many others don't have jury trials at all. A robust appeal process is the key.
QuiteADapperAsshole
It's only fair we use jury nullification if someone murders a white supremacist.
mksu
"Murder" would imply such an act was even the slightest bit unjust.
ThanatosST
It's a tool for citizens to use to say "this law is bullshit". Not for White Supremacists tobget away with crimes
kevbot5000
It's a tool. Anything else is commentary on how to use said tool, morally, practically, or otherwise.
zfournier16
But people on a jury have committed purgery if tue have affiliations with the person being tried
TheThingsTheyCarried
1. Perjury. 2. That's not perjury.
zfournier16
On the first questions iv always been asked is if I have any affiliation with the defendant... If you lie about that you have already broken
zfournier16
The law to get on the jury
ScienceIsNotALiberalConspiracy
So don't lie. Lying and being on the jury are two totally different things.
mooseablethenok
It's literally perjury to make a positive and untruthful statement while under oath.
zfournier16
And check your spelling google is a wonderful thing purgery
TheThingsTheyCarried
Looking at your comment history: the irony in this comment is hilarious.
Teasaurus
I just checked google for you. "Perjury" is lying in court, "Purgery" is the part of a sugarhouse where molasses is drained from the sugar.
zfournier16
Belongs in prison point blank
Teasaurus
Lol he fucking blocked me, eat shit dude, don't deal out what you can't take back.
zfournier16
Off tipic the fact of my hole argument is that if the jury is made of people who helped you than its a mistrial and every9ne involved
zfournier16
Yo look at google and stop having the intellect of a koala
Teasaurus