• Gonkulator@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I had a friend get pulled over for a busted tail light and the cops found weed. When he was scheduled for court he put the prosecutor on trial instead. See how ridiculous that sounds, this shit is not normal!

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      “This prosecutor is out of order. This whole courtroom is OUT OF ORDER!”

      quick pause for a calming bong rip

      “And you know what else is bullshit…”

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    Seems the law works differently depending on which party you more closely align with. Isn’t that right Judge Cannon?

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    This went about as I expected. I’m glad that Fani can remain on the case, and that this didn’t derail the trial to a significant degree. Hopefully she nails it, and her story becomes a great comedy movie staring Tiffany Haddish and Mike Epps

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      Honestly, this is probably the best outcome that could come out of this. I don’t think she did anything wrong since they were both on the same side of the case, but I think it was obvious that some sort of discipline about appropriate behavior would come down and Fani Willis gets to keep prosecuting Trump, which is the most important part.

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        That’s the thing, the judge has an obligation to be fair, and the Prosecution needs to have all their bases covered because the defense is presumed innocent until they are proven guilty. This means that the defense often gets the benefit of the doubt when things like this pop up, to make sure nothing can happen to overturn any guilty verdict that comes down.

        And this DA knows all that, knows how tight her cases need to be in order to stick. So engaging in this relationship in the first place was a poor choice. It should never have happened, and I think she knows that.

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          This, 100%. Even when a case seems won, don’t give your opponent anything to muddy the water. I hope she owns this mistake and tightens her process.

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        It’s crazy how Americans find it proper to meddle in people’s private life, when there is no conflict of interest. But when there actually is a conflict, it doesn’t matter as long as it’s republicans. And that’s even for the highest court in the country, which is so fucked up compromised it should be dismantled altogether. But instead they are allowed to dismantle decades of progress, and maybe even democracy itself.

        I’d go crazy if I lived in USA, just reading about it over here in EU, can almost drive you crazy.

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          There is more here than just a personal life complication. The person she was with used funds from the case to pay for personal vacations. This is about his use of government funds for personal use while being involved in a case against the highest government official (at the time of offense). While I don’t think it had any impact on the case and shouldn’t delay the case in any way, I don’t think either of them should be kept on the case.

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            The person she was with used funds from the case to pay for personal vacations.

            So he got paid and used his money like everyone else would? Or was there something wrong with his payment?

            If you are talking embezzlement, I think he would go to jail for that, he certainly wouldn’t be allowed to work as a lawyer.