shish_mish@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoUS prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangionewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down111
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minus-squareKsin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down2·2 days agoThat’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-squareSpaceCowboy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 days agoYeah there’s no better reason to use jury nullification than when government wants to kill a guy for political reasons.
minus-squareFormfiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 days agoI’m sure that will be as corrupt as everything else this administration touches
minus-squareInvertedParallax@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoFederal 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.
Yeah there’s no better reason to use jury nullification than when government wants to kill a guy for political reasons.
I’m sure that will be as corrupt as everything else this administration touches
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.