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appmanga

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26. But the grand and petit juries in D.C. are answering the abuse...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:58 PM

23 hrs ago

...by not indicting and, for those indicted, not convicting. Protests matter, and jury nullification is another form of protest and disobedience. It should be happening in more places.

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