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It doesn't feel like the country has changed that much in attitude especially in acquitting those slave transporters.
by babesh 10y ago
It doesn't feel like the country has changed that much in attitude especially in acquitting those slave transporters.
- davidgay 10y agoAlso, stories like that are always a good reminder of the pitfalls of "jury nullification"...
- a3n 10y agoConsider that the US government is now considering separating children from their parents if caught crossing the southern border. The intent is explicitly to deter the crossing, the idea being that knowing you may be separated from your kids may keep you on the south side. But for that deterrent to be credible, they actually have to do the separations. Or they could, you know, go back to Honduras and be murdered. Together.