shish_mish@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangionewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1668arrow-down111
arrow-up1657arrow-down1external-linkUS prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangionewww.theguardian.comshish_mish@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 个月前message-square104fedilink
minus-squareKsin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down2·3 个月前That’s seems pretty damn ballsy of them since unless they are extremely confident in the jury selection it’s practically guaranteed to result in a hung jury if they know that finding him guilty will result in the most severe verdict.
minus-squareFormfiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·3 个月前I’m sure that will be as corrupt as everything else this administration touches
minus-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 个月前Yeah there’s no better reason to use jury nullification than when government wants to kill a guy for political reasons.
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 个月前Federal juries are way, way easier to tilt towards the prosecution, and the judge has far more power, even assuming he isn’t a Trump appointee.
That’s seems pretty damn ballsy of them since unless they are extremely confident in the jury selection it’s practically guaranteed to result in a hung jury if they know that finding him guilty will result in the most severe verdict.
I’m sure that will be as corrupt as everything else this administration touches
Yeah there’s no better reason to use jury nullification than when government wants to kill a guy for political reasons.
Federal juries are way, way easier to tilt towards the prosecution, and the judge has far more power, even assuming he isn’t a Trump appointee.