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NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoUnlike what most people seem to think, the US criminal court system in a manner that would allow someone to go to prison for years for this. Trump prosecutors have a reputation for poor performance in court. Grand juries refuse to indict these defendants for obviously trivial crimes, and trial juries will acquit.
They tried to charge someone with assaulting a federal agent for lobbing a sandwich at a Border Patrol goon during a protest. The Trump-appointed chief prosecutor in Washington made a TikTok about how they were coming down hard on protestors. It went to trial. The jury acquitted.
edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
People have spent decades in prison for a bit of weed. It’s pretty fucked and I fully expect this person to spend at least a couple years in prison. It’s fascist dictator shit and this is a fascist dictatorship.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll be willing to make a wager with you. If David Hearn is sentenced to at least 12 months imprisonment, I will donate $20 to an international human rights charity of your choice. If their case is dismissed, he is acquitted, or he is sentenced to less than 12 months imprisonment, you have to donate $20 to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Do you agree?
edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No, because that’s a meaningless gesture on an anonymous website, and I will be goddamned before I give any money to any charity that I haven’t personally vetted considering half of them participate actively in some genocide or other. Anyways I’m glad you have this level of faith in our criminal legal system (it isn’t a justice system when none is to be had) but all it takes is a maga prosecutor and a maga judge and it’s done. The rule of law is dead; republicans have lynched it slowly over the last 50 years.
NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You’re free to propose alternative charities. Maybe even a local food bank or some organisation. The point is: I’m happy to put my money where my mouth is, and I don’t think you are. In fact, even if you lose the bet, I don’t think you’d do it anyway. After all, I’m just some guy on the Internet.
I don’t have “faith” in the US legal system. I just know more than you about how it works and how it doesn’t.