Post #1946716
2026-05-02 16:03 UTC
@Geri How can someone be arrested just for pointing out that jury nullification exists as a matter of established legal doctrine?
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@PopTarts@gaygeek.social 2026-05-02 16:16
@bms48 @Geri Because it is objected to by police and prosecutors; intimidation is the preferred method of dealing with the issue
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@passenger@kolektiva.social 2026-05-02 20:37
@bms48 @Geri Street activist here. Any cop can arrest you at any time just because they want to. The legality of the arrest only comes up later, if they decide to charge you. Most arrests aren't followed up by a charge, meaning that there is no examination of the legality. It's a shitty system but somehow no electoral party has decided it's worth changing; possibly because it's convenient to the government, and in order to change it a party has to be the government.