Last week a few of us at the Root had a discussion about this. We thought that there would be ONE hold out, not two. Aliya King’s piece is so poignant right now (not that it never was but you get my point).
As evidenced by murdering cops always being found not guilty for murdering black folk, the US jury system is a joke.
This isn’t surprising. However, what is surprising is the logic behind the idea that someone would give a woman a pill that is known to react badly with alcohol then give her alcohol but this crime wasn’t premeditated.
Jesus. I’m so sorry.
I reported a few months after my assault. The police took me into a holding cell, told me to “make sure that you tell the truth”, and got me to write everything out in detail. They left me in a jail cell, by myself, until I was finished writing. When I was done, the police officer took my papers, gave it a cursory…
While I respect your expertise as an actual lawyer, as opposed to my own experience as a random internet commentator, I’ve just met too many people in my own life who get hung up on strange theories and irrelevant details to ever be comfortable with the idea that a decently sized group of people can consistently come…
See, the difference between them and REAL poor people is that they just have had bad luck whereas poor people are lazy. They work hard and WOULD be rich if only the system wasn’t rigged against them because of NAFTA or something. Poor people are stupid (but also somehow smart enough to fleece the welfare system so…
A writer did a piece for The Root that really resonated with me (I’ll attach below). It was called, “The Cosby trial reminded me why I’ll never seek justice.”
The median household income in Iowa is just under $55,000. Do the people at tosay’s really think a guy with at least $325 million in debt to one bank, and people with 12 zeros in their annual salary represent them or their best interests?
You wouldn’t even believe some of the people I see on these juries. A lot of jurors are good people trying to make educated decisions. But just a few months ago I watched a jury convict two young black men of murder when there was little to no evidence against them.
I always find it amazing how people claim Holy Books are the “word of God” when they were written by people and people generally can’t remember what they had for breakfast a week ago.
Yeah. The men-must-always-be-fucking-assholes gene is definitely passed down from dribbling fuck-stick to dribbling fuck-stick.
Sometimes I really find it hard not to think that in sexual assault cases if an accused decides to plead not guilty and take the case to trial, they should be required to testify. None of this “no case to answer” bullshit. Your lawyer gets to cross-examine the complainant? That’s cool, the prosecution get to…
Yea it’s a true bummer but it’s how shit works here. I’m a court journalist/reporter and I have seen many, many trials in which 11/12 jurors are all dead set on one option and the last juror won’t budge. It’s fine to hold on to your convictions (no pun intended) but there have been many times when the evidence is so…
Well, I mean he’s not lying. If you’ve got certain genetics, you get paid less, so I guess in that sense it is genetic?
Honestly I don’t understand why we don’t extend the preclearance nationally. Yes, certain states that don’t have as bad a discriminatory history would face extra burdens, but it would remove the “unequal treatment” that was used to gut the VRA under Shelby County. States without a discriminatory history have nothing…
Thank you, Monte. I’m neither the only one nor in the worst shape, but it’s ... been a really rough day and season, right?
This is hugely important and requires everyone to step up and demand equal rights for all citizens. There are a number of initiatives happening on the restoration-of-voting-rights front around the country, and I can at least share information being circulated by the League of Women Voters in Florida, where 1.3 MILLION…
It’s been way past time - ever since one of my friends who wrote an amicus brief I think she submitted to the author’s former employer, hopefully to find its way to Senate Judiciary, or before the Supreme Court, warned me that the case was to go to the docket to be decided - since before Shelby v. Holder.