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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, 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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So, I tell 20 people to rob a bank? (Original Post)
imanamerican63
Feb 2021
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No, I belive it would have exposed the gravity of the January 6th in greater detail and potentially
CentralMass
Feb 2021
#6
I thought that had been made manifestly clear, but 43 Senators were so cowed or sycophantic ...
11 Bravo
Feb 2021
#7
I think the deal was to save them from more embarrassment and exposure of their
CentralMass
Feb 2021
#10
Shermann
(9,062 posts)1. More like tell the 20 people again and again that the bank stole their money
...and is going to get away with it.
Make no mention of an actual robbery.
servermsh
(1,406 posts)2. Sorry, but any investigation will delay the Mayor's agenda! n/t
CentralMass
(16,971 posts)3. This. They should not have cut a deal and should have called witnesses.
11 Bravo
(24,310 posts)5. And you believe that witnesses would have secured even ONE more Repub vote?
CentralMass
(16,971 posts)6. No, I belive it would have exposed the gravity of the January 6th in greater detail and potentially
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 ...
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
complicity.
Response to CentralMass (Reply #6)
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Initech
(108,772 posts)4. You could also earn points with the jury if you tell them bank employees were among the robbers.
radius777
(3,921 posts)9. This is the way our system works.
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.