This guy on the bench, but Epsteins pedo-bros walking free with pardons: Maybe it's time to be the light one wishes to see in the world? How best to turn a "Just-Us" department back into a Justice department?

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imagine if 10k Luigi's poped up.

[–] RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

Let's be the change we want in this world.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This may not actually be a case of double jeopardy but really seems like "1 jury may be sympathetic to him, so lets do 3 juries to hedge our bets" they are throwing the book at this guy to make sure he doesn't get free.

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Different jurisdictions, different charges. State and Federal charges are entirely separate. Not double jeopardy at all. It's one of the ways the system is designed to get around protections like that.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

And in some situations, military courts are a third jurisdiction.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

it is incredibly stupid, but that's just how the US's half-assed federal system works it's the source of practically all of the US's many many systemic governance issues.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If he gets executed it could trigger an actual class war

[–] lauseta@piefed.social 18 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately I highly doubt it

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

I was under the impression that the judge actually just recently ruled out the death penalty?

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

If he gets the death penalty he will sit on that for many years before an execution takes place.

[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 3 points 1 month ago

pffffft, like California, Minnesota, North Carolina, Louisiana, and now Maine aren't facing ones. Get your ass out and win.