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peppertree

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1. Deliverating

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Nov 23, 2021, 03:10 PM

Nov 2021

gerund /dɪˈlɪv.ə.reɪt.ing/

Feigned deliberations by a jury whose real mandate is to deliver a verdict in accordance to the wishes of the local gentry.

· "Y'all done deliveratin'? I got a barbecue and a cross burnin' to be at tonite!"

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Jury begins deliberating in murder trial of men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery [View all] brooklynite Nov 2021 OP

Deliverating peppertree Nov 2021 #1

in this country llashram Nov 2021 #2

Sad but true - at least when it depends on our Repug friends peppertree Nov 2021 #8

I will wait for the jury's answer before making remarks about them. marie999 Nov 2021 #5

And you were right to do so onenote Nov 2021 #14

Post removed Post removed Nov 2021 #3

. sarisataka Nov 2021 #4

Does anyone SERIOUSLY believe they'll be convicted...? regnaD kciN Nov 2021 #6

I think the prosecutor and the judge did better here then with Shitthouse BradAllison Nov 2021 #7

There are few, if any, similarities between the two cases. Kaleva Nov 2021 #9

I will be shocked if they are not Sapient Donkey Nov 2021 #10

I won't. All it will take is one Donnie Dipshit voter on the jury maxrandb Nov 2021 #11

I've seen relatively few people take the defendants side on this Sapient Donkey Nov 2021 #12

It's a blizzard in Hades I guess onenote Nov 2021 #13