Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case

Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by curiousgal on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:58AM (#32396230)

I don't understand what the big deal about perjury is. You have politicians lying under oath all the time and having 0 punishments despite the huge ramifications of those lies. Why should the "small time" liars be punished.

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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by Der_Einzige on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:07AM (#32397270)

"When bill Clinton lied, no one died"

I don't care if he was guilty of Perjury - his "crime" only hurt Hillary...

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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by ww-picard-do on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:46AM (#32397805)

So, it is ok for people to lie in court because politicians do it?

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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by mcv on Thursday August 11, 2022 @04:01AM (#32422819)

No, but if you only prosecute poor people for it and not politicians, you create an unjust, class-based system where the law is different for different people. Politicians need to be held accountable perhaps more so than average people.

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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by curiousgal on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:10AM (#32399077)

Yes. Politicians are representatives of the people afterall.

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