Judge is gonna be in the Derby with him, right? I might actually watch this one.

Yes, it is. You see the part where it says “commerce content” up there?

Yes, it is. You see the part where it says “commerce content” up there?

Picture hanging nails??? Commerce, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Picture hanging nails??? Commerce, you should be ashamed of yourselves.

The defense also motioned for a mistrial 

Came to the comments just to address this. It’s pretty hilarious that the kindabot can’t tell catfish from catfish.

What are we calling a non-athlete though? I mean, he’s a former amateur athlete, and FBI conditioning requirements, while not extreme, are not nothing. For a 56 year old guy he appears to be in very good shape. Those suits fit fine. I wouldn’t be surprised if a guy with legs that long has an 18" vertical.

I also love Remy and grew up with him on the broadcasts, but you can admit that something is problematic and realllllllllllyyyyy poorly thought out at best without ascribing ill will to it.

That’s another misconception that’s incredibly common. Very, VERY few public defenders are shitty. Most are among the most experienced and passionate criminal defense attorneys in the world, because they handle 5-15x the caseload of any other attorney—including the prosecutors,who in nearly every jurisdiction have…

Not that the judge in this case is any fucking saint, but a large part of the massive racial disparity in incarceration in this country is due to application of police/prosecutorial discretion (i.e. letting white people go for things that a minority will get strung up for), not anything to do with the court system.

Simple assault in Georgia is a misdemeanor.... and if the prosecutor offered simple assault on an alleged armed robbery, he should have just dropped this case, because nobody offers simple assault on an armed robbery unless they know they can’t win at trial.

Because in most jurisdictions you can get a binding plea deal that sets the sentence the judge must impose. The article doesn’t say if that was the deal they agreed to, and I don’t know if it was, but that’s almost always the reason a judge will reject a plea deal. If they don’t like the terms of the sentencing…

This really isn’t true in most districts. No public defender is paid well enough that people do it for the money or the prestige, because there isn’t any. The reason most public defenders recommending taking a deal is twofold: first, lots of times the evidence of guilt is overwhelming and conviction is a near…

Your legal knowledge is apparently very limited, which I suppose is fine since this stuff isn’t particularly visible from outside the system. But criminal conviction rates are very, very high once you come to indictment or information (i.e. the official charge when you get dragged into court), innocent or not.…

You have your answer in the facts of the case—despite the fact that the evidence didn’t support any conviction, the judge still didn’t think an assault conviction was good enough. What you might not know from the article is that in Georgia, judges are elected, not appointed indefinitely, and have to run for…

See, this is why if I were ever badass enough to be a three time Olympic gold medalist, I would be carrying them fucking EVERYWHERE. Just so you can whip them out and be like “dream on, asshole.”

Albert I usually love you but “THIS PLAYOFF HAS BEEN SHIT THERE HAVE BEEN NO UPSETS OR EVEN CLOSE UPSETS” should not be followed with “HAY CELTICS FUCK YOU FOR YOUR TOTALLY UNEXPECTED UPSET”

Yes, there is lots of precedent when it comes to releasing a new product onto the market that might not be 100% safe at all times. It’s pretty much the entire field of products law. There are about eight categories of products claims but they pretty much all boil down to having to take reasonable steps to make a…

Then I’m not really sure what you’re arguing about. I’m not an engineer, I’m a litigator, but it seems like a hell of a lot of engineers in a hell of a lot of businesses are totally content releasing their “market disruptions” early because being first is a pretty important profitability predictor. All I’m saying is…

No, I’m sorry, the bystander does not have the same claim in either case—at least, he doesn’t have the same claim viability. One of the major elements of a products liability case (which is what this would almost certainly be litigated as in most states) is whether the manufacturer knew, or had reason to know, of a…

My legal analysis doesn’t care whether the person in the Tesla or another motorist or bystander is injured. Either one of them would have a claim against Tesla in the event that an autopilot error causes an accident and an injury. And in either case, it’s going to be a discoverable matter (i.e. subject to subpoena) if…