Would you be on the Jury?

[ousdahl]

How many statues have been erected to commemorate the loosing effort by the confederacy?

[ousdahl]

Why is Chauvin’s mom addressing the court?

“My son is a good keed, if you sentence him you sentence me too”

[zsn]

Its odd. Thats all.

i don’t think it’s odd at all

statues have been erected for much less worthwhile reasons, imo

My god you'll try to argue with some of us about ANYTHING.

Pretty sure this is where you usually ask people for specific examples. So which statues specifically have been erected for much less worthwhile reasons?

Every statue of Jefferson Davis and Robert E Lee

[Deleted User 89]

Sacco and Vanzetti

The Races of Mankind

the actual statue at the Vietnam Memorial (i have zero issues with the wall)

Captain John Mason

Juan de Onate

Early Days

that’s just a few...

edit: how could i leave out any statue of custer?

[CrimsonNBlue]

I always think of all the Nathan Bedford Forrest statues.

[ousdahl]

Speaking of statues of dudes named Forrest, how bout a Phog Allen joke:


…all that just for somewhere to put the suggestion box?!

[NewtonHawk11]

22.5 years.

[CrimsonNBlue]

Wow. IMO, on the heavy end for 2nd degree, especially when there was no argument for 1st degree.

[sdoyel]

22.5 years.

Boy, wouldn't he like a redo of that day...

A power trip gets him sent to prison for much of the rest of his life.

I understand this sentence is actually more than normal? Good!

[CrimsonNBlue]

Yep, family is satisfied.

[Deleted User 863]

What a relief.

[Deleted User 89]

i’m just glad there weren’t riots regardless of the outcome, like lobs and mich predicted

[defixione]

i’m just glad there weren’t riots regardless of the outcome, like lobs and mich predicted

Well, the day is not over, yet. The Proud Boys and the Aryan Nation may have their say before the sun sets . . .

[ousdahl]

Between that and the pending federal charges (both for the Floyd incident and a separate but eerily similar incident between Chauvin and a 14 year old in ‘17), dude might be behind bars the rest of his life.

Wait - what’s the sentencing guidelines for the federal charges?

If only I wuz holding something in my hand right now that I could use to look these things up…

[Overlander]

i don't have much sympathy for those in the prison system.

Not at all surprising.

[Deleted User 89]

Extrapolating from the 281 known DNA exonerations in the US since the late 1980s, a conservative estimate is that 1% of the US prison population, approximately 20,000 people, are falsely convicted

fuckem

[ousdahl]

And if you broke that 1% down, I’d bet certain demographics have been wrongfully convicted at a greater rate than others…

[Deleted User 887]

Extrapolating from the 281 known DNA exonerations in the US since the late 1980s, a conservative estimate is that 1% of the US prison population, approximately 20,000 people, are falsely convicted

fuckem

While horrible and inexcusable, I wonder what the percentage is of people who have committed heinous crimes and never spent a day in jail. I'm guessing upwards of 20%.

[Cascadia]

Extrapolating from the 281 known DNA exonerations in the US since the late 1980s, a conservative estimate is that 1% of the US prison population, approximately 20,000 people, are falsely convicted

fuckem

While horrible and inexcusable, I wonder what the percentage is of people who have committed heinous crimes and never spent a day in jail. I'm guessing upwards of 20%.

Probably all in Chicago next to your place

[Deleted User 887]

Extrapolating from the 281 known DNA exonerations in the US since the late 1980s, a conservative estimate is that 1% of the US prison population, approximately 20,000 people, are falsely convicted

fuckem

While horrible and inexcusable, I wonder what the percentage is of people who have committed heinous crimes and never spent a day in jail. I'm guessing upwards of 20%.

Probably all in Chicago next to your place