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I remember when the last administration jailed Douglass Mackey for tweeting
by kleton 2y ago
I remember when the last administration jailed Douglass Mackey for tweeting
- guelo 2y agoHe had a fair trial and a 12 member jury of his peers agreed that he was suppressing the vote.
- kleton 2y agoI have a feeling if the current administration had a problem with your social media posts, maybe you said something about Tesla that they could construe as supporting the current protests and/or vandalism, and similarly venue-shopped for a federal court, say East Texas, (using the U.S. v Mackey precedent to claim jurisdiction because some fiber carrying data might go through it) where the 12 jurors would be on team red, you would not feel like it would be a fair trial if you got convicted.
- DangitBobby 2y agoDo you think trying to mislead people with fake signs and numbers so their vote doesn't get counted is a thing people should be allowed to do by law? What about fraud?
- kleton 2y agoAs a juror, I would expect such a trial to at least be able to produce a single victim that could testify on the stand that they got deceived before I would vote guilty.
- DangitBobby 2y agoI'm not following your reasoning. No one falling for it means they didn't commit a crime, or it's evidence they weren't really trying to deceive anyone? I don't think federal crimes have to have a single "victim" for it to be a crime, though obviously I'm not lawyer.
- kleton 2y agoA victimless crime?
- potamic 2y agoHe created fake election campaign posters enticing people to cast their vote via some phone number. I think it's a little disingenuous to say he was jailed for tweeting. It's like saying someone charged with a DUI was charged for "driving their car around".
- kleton 2y agoChipping away a pillar always starts with something that you can say was a good reason.
- DangitBobby 2y agoLike committing actual crimes tried by a judge and convicted by a jury of his peers? Lol yes truly an indictment of our system.