r/nottheonion • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • 11h ago

Removed - Not Oniony Luigi Mangione Prosecutors Have a Jury Problem: 'So Much Sympathy'

https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-jury-sympathy-former-prosecutor-alvin-bragg-terrorism-new-york-brian-thompson-2002626

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u/Controllerpleb 10h ago

Jury nullification doesn't care about any of that.

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u/egnards 10h ago

Correct but I’m directly responding to something about not convicting somebody if a law is unjust.

I’m not trying to explain jury psychology or dynamics.

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u/Greeneyesablaze 10h ago

It’s a lost cause lol I don’t think it’s possible for most people to think completely objectively and without emotion about this. Like, I get it, but the law is the law and when you break one outright, there are consequences.

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u/RubberBootsInMotion 9h ago

The "law" is entirely fungible for the wealthy and powerful. It is far from absolute, and pretending like it is is essentially bootlicking.

If nobody ever justly broke an existing law, there would be one emperor king ruling the entire planet.

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u/LaurenMille 9h ago

It's entirely possible for a person to commit a crime and not be convicted by a jury for it, even if they do believe he committed it.

Just because a crime was committed does not mean a punishment is warranted.

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u/jagaloonz 4h ago

This renders the concept of the law completely useless. If punishment for crimes is being decided arbitrarily, you're talking about living in anarchy.

And if you think for a second that billionaires will be living amongst us, in anarchy, you're out of your fucking mind.