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imanamerican63

(16,173 posts)
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 03:22 PM Feb 2021

So, I tell 20 people to rob a bank?

They get riled up and they do it but they kill someone along the way? 43 jurors would acquit me even if those 43 jurors where in the bank at the time of of the robbery? I think the law would not be on my side?

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Shermann

(9,062 posts)
1. More like tell the 20 people again and again that the bank stole their money
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 03:25 PM
Feb 2021

...and is going to get away with it.

Make no mention of an actual robbery.

CentralMass

(16,971 posts)
6. No, I belive it would have exposed the gravity of the January 6th in greater detail and potentially
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:30 PM
Feb 2021

exposed the involvement of tRump and members of congress and tRump appointees.

11 Bravo

(24,310 posts)
7. I thought that had been made manifestly clear, but 43 Senators were so cowed or sycophantic ...
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:35 PM
Feb 2021

that they simply didn't give a shit.

CentralMass

(16,971 posts)
10. I think the deal was to save them from more embarrassment and exposure of their
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:59 PM
Feb 2021

complicity.

Response to CentralMass (Reply #6)

Initech

(108,772 posts)
4. You could also earn points with the jury if you tell them bank employees were among the robbers.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 04:16 PM
Feb 2021

radius777

(3,921 posts)
9. This is the way our system works.
Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:45 PM
Feb 2021

Poor people and PoC are easily arrested and convicted, while those at the top like Trump who pull the strings often do little or no time and are in many cases rewarded for their criminality.

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