Comment on UK jury trials for crimes with sentences under 3 years to be dropped
MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Well that’s not fucked. Nothing says we’re going to charge you with 2 years and 364 days for doing whatever the fuck we don’t want you to do. And there isn’t a damn thing you can do about it.
HubertManne@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
even a month would have you losing your job. wtf indeed.
MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Exactly. The government can fuck anyone over and there’s nothing the citizens can do because there’s no jury nullification to hold the government in check for unreasonable laws.
HubertManne@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
and even reasonable laws once jury is out you are now dependent on a sole judge being fair. I mean look at some of the recent supreme court rulings in the us and that is a group of judges. When it comes to judicial decisions the law is more like suggestions.