• TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Here’s hoping that after they seize Trump Tower , it will be renamed the Barack Obama Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies.

  • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOP
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    Well this is interesting. Seems Trump’s previous attorney now relegated to second rate PR flack Alina Habba checked the wrong box on a form related to the New York trial, so Trump is getting a bench trial instead of a jury.

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      Do we feel better about one person deciding Trumps guilt or 12?

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        The judge in this case is absolutely fed up with Trump’s bullshit. I think he might be in trouble. He might actually lose his NY properties.

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        With a jury of 12 people, you could still have 1 person decide Trump’s guilt. Say the trial ends and the jury goes to deliberate. 11 people say he’s guilty. 1 guy says Not Guilty and refuses to budge no matter what. That one holdout could decide whether or not Trump is found guilty - even if it’s because the holdout is a hardcore MAGA fan that got onto the jury.

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          Those jury selection hearings would’ve been entertaining though. With the attorneys trying to quickly sort out who is a maggot and who isn’t and squabbling over it.

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          It would result in a hung jury and a mistrial.

          Which would likely result in retrial, not letting trump off the hook. (It is possible the judge lets it drop? But unlikely.)

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            Problem is that retrials vastly favor the defendant, because now they have the prosecutors arguments as well as the evidence and it becomes easier to tailor the defense.