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[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wow, it is almost like a place where juries let people off on the gay panic defense is a place that is unsafe to be as a trans person.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

weird how "gay panic" is a defense allowed by the courts, but an appeal to jury nullification is not.

[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

Curious

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do other countries not have juries?

[–] ThereRisesARedStar@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Are other countries juries exposed to our media ecosystem (in the same way) which the US government supports and which pushes vile transphobia constantly?

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Some other countries (and just a couple US states) explicitly ban the gay panic defense.