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[-] turtle@lemm.ee 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Careful, in case you haven't heard, discussing jury nullification is apparently against the rules of lemmy.world. SMH (at lemmy.world admins).

[-] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

The pinned post on lemmy.world right now clarifies that discussing jury nullification for crimes that have already happened, such as this, is perfectly acceptable. It's only discussing it with respect to crimes which have not yet been committed which is against the TOS.

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

Wait, we got a Future Crimes Division? I didn't know .world was run by a bunch of milky precogs...

[-] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

If you plan some violence and include jury nullification as some viable part of the plan, and publish that shit online, not only is it kind of useless and lousy opsec, but it will attract heat that is unwanted and unnecessary. It's literally a conspiracy to undermine nullification at that point, like a false flag. So no, don't do that, and I back the mods on this.

[-] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] turtle@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you trust them after having enforced an unwritten policy and still not allowing discussion of something that's perfectly legal.

[-] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I do. They're cool.

[-] nepenthes@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

What the Multivac?!

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure that's true. I've had plenty of comments stay up. My guess is either the mod team got their shit together or those comments were deleted for other reasons.

[-] turtle@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

It seems that it was never written in their terms before and had been inconsistently applied, but just in case you hadn't seen these:

https://lemm.ee/post/49117816

https://lemm.ee/post/49305452

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

They are certainly empowered to do that, just as I am empowered to block any instance I don't want to participate in. If they are not tolerant and respectful of my beliefs (even if they don't share them) then I don't want to contribute to their community either.

Layperson juries are a fundamental component of criminal justice. The law exists to serve the people, not the lawyers, not the government. Rejecting jurors for understanding the purpose of having a layperson jury fundamentally violates the rights of the accused in particular, and society in general.

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