Comment on How come people like Cosby and Weinstein seem decrpit appearing before a judge or jury? Cosby could barely walk and W had to use a walker. Why do this because it doesn't influence anyone?

• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  No guarantees. Look at Weinstein. Sucker is still in jail.

  It’s all about believability vs the crime, with any biases in the jury and judge.

  They’re is a fairly common thing where the harder it is to imprison someone based on their disability, the more likely they are to get more lenient sentences, but that’s still not foolproof.

  If you’re faking it, chances are that no judge is going to be fooled unless there’s a long history of disability. Juries might be easier to fool to some degree, but you’d still need to convince them that your disability is evidence you didn’t commit the crime to be able to rely on it, and that’s going to be hard.

  It’s otherwise rolling dice that are weighted against you.

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