See the Prairieland case for a recent example…
Comment on The Judge in the #Afroman case actually scolded the jurors for their verdict/
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Weird “legal experts” are shocked about this…
Judges hate juries, because judges think they should have that power.
They see juries as ignorant yokels that need steered down a path to justice, and “justice” is the judges opinion. So if they don’t get the result they want in a jury trial…
They bae the jury for being dumb idiots, and want to know what the need to do to get the next batch of dumb idiots to vote for “justice” next time.
This shit ain’t new, and any expert surprised this is how judges view jury cases is woefully naive.
Even a judge just openly saying it, that’s not new.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Nobody believes in the legal system as strongly as the people who run it.
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The judge can give idiot-level instructions to the jury, warnings to the jury, reprimands to the jury, whatever, as long as the trial is in progress. Once the verdict has been delivered, respect the process and the citizens and STFU. The shocking part is the open disrespect, not the opinion.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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So…
In your head, if someone is t surprised by something, it means they support it?
I just don’t understand how you got confused enough to type that in reply to my comment
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah the reason that seems so hard to understand is because it’s a million miles away from anything I thought or said. All I said was that no one is shocked a judge feels that way about juries, they are shocked at the lack of decorum.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Oh ok…
It was that thing where someone just rephrases what they reply to without adding something.
Thanks for verifying! I just like being sure.