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[jennygadget]

There has been a lot of talk about jury nullification regarding Peter Watts conviction.

The first thing that I want to say is that I completely agree with truepenny . (Plus some added stuff floating around in my head about how, you know, this is essentially what is going on in a lot of rape trials, and what happened a lot with lynching trials, so while I am

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[hawkwing_lb]

Yeah.

I got nothing, I really don't. This, this right here is why I thought three times before booking my trip to the States, and really? I am going now because if I wait, your nation, it will only get more terrifying.

And I mean, WTF, over? You can get convicted for being beaten up now?

[jennygadget]

Well, sadly, I think there have always been people who could be convicted for being beaten up. Rodney King comes to mind. The end result - no conviction for the officers who assaulted him - was bad enough. How much worse would it have been if there had been no video camera

[hawkwing_lb]

Possibly I am naive to have imagined that this is a new thing. But my heart cannot take too much cynicism.

[jennygadget]

The scope is very, very new. The US-Canadian border was once one of the least militarized in the entire world. The fact that such abuse has been extended to include even mainstream folks like Dr. Watts is new too.