▲ 1228 ▼ Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole (futurism.com) submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 176 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (2 children) I believe the grand jury system is working as intended permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 20 points 1 week ago* For once yes. Grand Juries at the time of the Constitution were a safeguard against arbitrary and unjust prosecutions. The rulers have since changed what a grand jury is to make it the opposite, a tool of the prosecutors. Luckily the prosecutors for this administration are so arrogant and incompetent they haven't been able to maintain that facade of trustworthiness which the masses still afford to dickheads in suits with position. Of course the judges are so bad it often doesn't matter, especially when it's in a shitholy jurisdiction, like those protesters at the Texas Ice that got kangarooed by their dipshit hanging judge down there under preposterous, blatantly unconstitutional charges, cancelling the 1st amendment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (2 children) Curiously, when I was drafted into jury duty here in California, we were shown a video that said something like The people are society's last line of defense against bad law. I took it personally, figuring it was my duty to not enforce any law that was unjust or protect any institution that was cruel. But I didn't get selected. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago i was in JD last sept, it was a burglary case about a AA person, almost everyone used a variation of NULLIFICATION to get out of it. Also in cali, they try very hard to keep these people around. the only ones that excuse quickly is the one that already had professional knowledge of the law(lawyer from germany), and a lady who was in a case where she was a victm. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Things have improved! Once I was rejected because I answered truthfully about whether I'd always vote for the law as written. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 20 points 1 week ago* For once yes. Grand Juries at the time of the Constitution were a safeguard against arbitrary and unjust prosecutions. The rulers have since changed what a grand jury is to make it the opposite, a tool of the prosecutors. Luckily the prosecutors for this administration are so arrogant and incompetent they haven't been able to maintain that facade of trustworthiness which the masses still afford to dickheads in suits with position. Of course the judges are so bad it often doesn't matter, especially when it's in a shitholy jurisdiction, like those protesters at the Texas Ice that got kangarooed by their dipshit hanging judge down there under preposterous, blatantly unconstitutional charges, cancelling the 1st amendment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (2 children) Curiously, when I was drafted into jury duty here in California, we were shown a video that said something like The people are society's last line of defense against bad law. I took it personally, figuring it was my duty to not enforce any law that was unjust or protect any institution that was cruel. But I didn't get selected. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago i was in JD last sept, it was a burglary case about a AA person, almost everyone used a variation of NULLIFICATION to get out of it. Also in cali, they try very hard to keep these people around. the only ones that excuse quickly is the one that already had professional knowledge of the law(lawyer from germany), and a lady who was in a case where she was a victm. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Things have improved! Once I was rejected because I answered truthfully about whether I'd always vote for the law as written. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago i was in JD last sept, it was a burglary case about a AA person, almost everyone used a variation of NULLIFICATION to get out of it. Also in cali, they try very hard to keep these people around. the only ones that excuse quickly is the one that already had professional knowledge of the law(lawyer from germany), and a lady who was in a case where she was a victm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 week ago Things have improved! Once I was rejected because I answered truthfully about whether I'd always vote for the law as written. permalink fedilink source parent