That’s the idea of jury nullification: guilty, but we don’t care.
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 weeks agoNot guilty seems very unlikely based on the publicly available evidence. I could see a hung jury happening though, as there are a minority of people who strongly want him to go free.
Zephorah@discuss.online 2 weeks ago
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Right, and I think we are seeing increasing cases of jury nullification, especially for civil disobedience against ICE. However, the reality is that Lemmy is a bubble. Luigi and his alleged murder are nowhere near as popular among the greater population as he is here. So that’s why I think the chance of a hung jury is higher than nullification. Hung jury can happen if there is just one or a few people who refuse to convict. But jury nullification requires unanimity. There’s bound to be at least a few law & order boomer types on the jury. But only time will tell.
RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Cops seem to be OJing it, getting plenty of publicly available evidence tossed because they fucked up processing it
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Ah well I haven’t followed all those details. Prosecutorial incompetence is always a possibility.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The most loud evidence since the arrest was the backpack with the gun and the manifesto. Except it was known pretty soon that the cops botched the ‘chain of custody’ for the backpack, as some officer had the backpack in her sole possession for an hour before delivering it to the station.
I keep being baffled as to why I don’t see any news about this evidence being thrown away. Maybe it was dismissed from the trial right away, idk.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
You’re saying the backpack was ruled inadmissible? If so that is certainly a big deal, maybe bigger than possible jury nullification.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
They’re evidence is so weak that it will be easy for the defense to claim reasonable doubt, and combined with people generally leaning that way anyway, it’s probably going to be a pretty easy win for him.
That’s why they will drag it out for as long as possible, so they can keep him in prison until they absolutely have to release him. That’s what they did with Casey Anthony. She ultimately got found Not Guilty, but she still spent 3 1/2 years in jail that she’ll never get back.