Kellamity

@Kellamity@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Accused killer of US insurance CEO pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' murder⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they’re truly superfluous then they waste the time of both sides, but it’s the prosecution who get to decide whether or not to include a charge. The prosecution might not be holding out real hope of a conviction on the highest charges, but by including them they could include additional witnesses and evidence that will be heard by a jury and change their perception even on the more realistic charges, which the defense would have to react to.

  Again, all hypothetical. For all I know theyre confident in the terrorism charge

  But realistically criminal charges are a negotiation, and most of the work happens outside the courtroon

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Accused killer of US insurance CEO pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' murder⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty standard to charge with the most serious things they can and potentially drop/lower the charges before trial. Maybe theyre trying to get a plea deal or disposition and avoid the trial - ‘we’ll drop terrorism and the death penalty if you plead to first degree murder and life without’ or something like that

  Or at least they have his legal team spending time knocking down the more superfluous charges instead of dealing with the meat of it all

  Obviously I don’t know enough about the situation here to know exactly what’s up, but yeah

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any hope of ‘getting Britain working again’ must not demonise people on welfare⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, it’s not that the Tories are worse, but you expect it, yknow? In theory, Labour are supposed to stand up for us at least a little bit, so it’s something of a betrayal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Horrors We've Unleashed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Putting aside questions of ecosystems etc, I think the main reason is that we just can’t - ironic since we seem to be extint-ing all the other animals

  In South America they tried in the 50s and 60s, and more kept cropping up. They breed so quickly, if you miss an area they can just rebound. Then more can come in on ships and stuff

  So you couldn’t really localise it, it would have to be a huge global undertaking. And it would likely require widespread use of pesticides that are at best tricksy and at worst illegal, not to mention environmentally shitty