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1. Maybe a lawyer can correct me if I am wrong, but to me, the take-away is this

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 09:11 PM

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The SCOTUS has been F-ing with our system in every way imaginable. But the citizen jury is one of the few things the SCOTUS cannot take away from us. If a jury of 12 citizens says this is a bogus prosecution, there is nothing those 6 MFers in robes can do about it.

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