roguetrick

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago

As long as India keeps electing fascists, I wouldn't expect much.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

plays "Rich Daddy" by the Dicks

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A candidate forum on Fox News for speaker, lol
What nonsense. I guess that's the only way to get Trump senpai to notice them.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, jurors are not allowed to ask questions. Like I said, it wasn't the lynchpin in the case(deliberations were decidedly short). It was useful to add to a much more extensive list (even more extensive than I included). That's why I don't particularly like the expert witness system the US has, like I said.

Edit: and to clarify the reasoning for the test, the defendant said he had sex with the victim several days before. The background of the test was to show there was no biological breakdown to suggest that. My memory isn't perfect on it since it was several years ago.

Here's a link to the case that gives a good overview, but realize that it doesn't have ALL the evidence we reviewed. https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/crime_and_justice/courts/man-convicted-in-1996-rape-and-murder-of-frederick-girl/article_a71161c5-f52a-5d1c-844d-0e88e3f9cae8.html

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

This test would be fine if we didn't have an adversarial system for expert witnesses. A jury can be made to understand that this test can produce false positives and should not be considered definitive evidence that precludes a reasonable doubt because it is reasonable that a stillborn baby's lungs can randomly get air in them from mechanisms other than breathing. It could still be useful for weighing the other evidence in the case.

The problem comes from the fact that the defense has to hire a competing expert to explain that everything the med examiner did was bunk and the jury has to decide what expert to trust, not what the value of the information is. That's not something a jury is particularly good at doing. Beyond that, who you hire ends up costing the defense money and can be a problem for indigent defendants.

I'll give you an example from the rape/murder charge that I was on a jury for that we put a guy away for life. A test was used to determine the time between ejaculation and murder as the defendant's argument was that he had sex with but did not murder the victim. A prostatic acid phosphatase test was used to determine that the semen was deposited shortly before the murder. That is also a test that isn't well studied, particularly in my case that involved a decomposing body.

His DNA and that test alone were not enough for me to reach beyond a reasonable doubt. The timeline of her disappearance, the fact that she was found near his camp, and the fact that the ligature used to kill her was from his camp was. The test just added to a growing list, where it was no longer reasonable to have a doubt.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Mexico completed the reconquista and grabbed some extra to boot.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 75 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The animals were abandoned across the highway from the government-run Abu Dhabi Animal Shelter in al Falah, a residential area in Abu Dhabi. The shelter told CNN it was unaware of the incident and refused to comment further.

Uh huh. What a mystery.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Just so you guys are aware, the point of those bots is they do the comment repost and once they get upvoted they edit their comment to provide links to a fake subreddit that contains links to Trojans/phishing software. It becomes wack a mole because when one account gets banned for malicious links, the runner has others to either edit their comment or start the next post.

The con they run is kind of complicated and they've been doing it for over a year.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Turkey can seem all they want, but they have a very vested interest in reducing Russian black sea influence. They care more than any other member of NATO other than Poland.

Edit: it wouldn't surprise me if they promised more weapons to Ukraine to specifically target the black sea fleet through secret diplomatic meetings, for example

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If your star trek shit posting community doesn't have a ban log that reads like somethingawful's, you're doing something wrong.

[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I get they're just shopping it right now, but we are seriously getting like Japan and anime with these fucking streaming live action shows. If you've got an IP that seems like it has a pulse go for it. I don't dislike the game, but the writing doesn't justify it.

Edit: Not to say that I think relying on proven showrunners and creators as a system is any better, mind you. I don't really have a solution to how these multimillion dollar productions should be put together, it just seems really vapid.

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