Texas Judge Overrules Jury to Send Anti-Genocide Activist to Jail for Graffiti

https://truthout.org/articles/texas-judge-overrules-jury-to-send-anti-genocide-activist-to-jail-for-graffiti/

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DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 333d (1 reply)

And Texas remains a one-star state.

FunctionallyLiterate@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 333d

Followed by the requisite "I'd give ZERO stars if I could!"

Rustic_Fry@literature.cafe · 20 pts · 333d

Houses burn as easily as flags

cyborganism@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 333d (3 replies)

They can do that?

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 333d (1 reply)

Yeah why can they do that.... That seems kinda dumb

School_Lunch@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 333d

There could be some good reasons for it. For example, African Americans in the south who are up against racists juries. It always needs very sound evidence to back it up, otherwise it will just get overturned.

School_Lunch@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 333d

Its very rare and only in place for extreme circumstances. Unless he has a very good reason this will easily be overturned on appeal. Most judges don't do it for that very reason.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 333d

In Texas you say