• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    22 days ago

    He has the right to be judged by a jury of his peers, and it appears as if his peers agree with his actions.

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      22 days ago

      “As this man’s peers, you must be the judge of his actions.”

      “Ok”

      “Wait, not like that”

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        21 days ago

        Yup. The article mentions that the prosecutors have a problem, but the U.S. people certainly don’t.

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      22 days ago

      “Friedman Agnifilo would ask potential jurors where they reside in Manhattan and where they get their news sources from to determine their political leanings,” Kerwick said.

      I mean, he is from a wealthy family, but there’s still not going to be many working class people in Manhattan.

      I think people are expecting too much from the jury.

      It’s going to be a bunch of insanely wealthy people who will 100% want to remind everyone the rich are untouchable

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            21 days ago

            You have it backwards. 100k in Manhattan is not wealthy, let alone insanely wealthy. 11k is insanely impoverished, even if you live in the middle of nowhere.