I'm a proud America hater, but this is more of a European tradition. Terrorism charges in America (all state-level or local; no federal terrorism charge exists) only exist as addons to other crimes, so this isn't something that could've happened there.
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yakko@feddit.uk 1 month ago
Trashy America-style sentencing
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 month ago
mjr@infosec.pub 1 month ago
“We have not been charged with, nor convicted of, any terrorism offence,” said Malik. “At no point during our trial did the prosecution seek to pursue anything to do with terrorism, and the jury were kept completely in the dark and were not told that if convicted, we could be sentenced as terrorists.”
It seems like this an add- on too.
yakko@feddit.uk 1 month ago
TIL 😞
jack@hexbear.net 1 month ago
something english happeningly englishly in england:
wot are we, a bunch of yanks?
Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 1 month ago
No, this is a UK-style sentencing happening in the UK which the governing Labour party encourages.