Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for official acts

Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by chadash on Monday July 01, 2024 @02:06PM (#40848506)

> Convictions are in the high 90%. Juries are very weak and at the mercy of powerful prosecutors.

This is a bit misleading. DAs have latitude about what to prosecute and if they don't think they can win, they dont have to bring it to court.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by BobaFloutist on Monday July 01, 2024 @02:47PM (#40849013)

And even if they do think they can probably win, they'll usually leverage that into a plea deal.

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Re:Supreme Court rules ex-presidents have immunity for offic... by qingcharles on Tuesday July 02, 2024 @02:47AM (#40854126)

And even when the case is a sure loser they'll often leverage that into a plea deal too, especially if the defendant is being held in pretrial detention.

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