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[–] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Knowing this is how you get out of jury duty

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or, how you make sure a bullshit case doesn't convict someone...

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Or allow racist crime you agree with to pass without conviction

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Well yeah but that doesn't invalidate the concept. Especially when it's the only tool we really have left to fight the ridiculous system we have now.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It's better to let 10 guilty people go free than be complicit in ruining the life of one innocent person.