• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Would you prefer the case go to trial before it’s established if there’s sufficient probable cause? Or if only the state gets to make that determination?

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      1 month ago

      Given that grand jury indictment rates are like >90%, what’s actually being achieved here?

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          1 month ago

          Almost every other jurisdiction in functional democracies do not have grand juries and don’t plan to implement such a mechanism, nor are they implored to do so, are they all bootlickers?

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            Yes. Yes they are. Anyone who wants more government control of the justice system, and less accountability to the people, is a bootlicker. People in those countries are expected to trust that the state did it’s due diligence before putting someone on trial, and as the right sweeps these countries they’re going to learn why that’s a mistake.

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                1 month ago

                “America does one thing right” != “America does everything right”. The courts are the only thing holding Trump in check right now. Whats going to put a check on a European trump?