• John Bruzzolini@aussie.zone
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    I know I’m commenting from different country, but the following quote by a judge in Australia is always worth keeping in the back of your head if you manage to get let off a serious crime…

    Having escaped the lion’s den, Mr Lehrmann made the mistake of coming back for his hat

    That was a line said by a judge in Australia during his conclusion of a very high profile rape case.

    The story,

    Bruce Lehrmann faced charges of rape. This case was very big in Australia because the rape occurred in an office at Parliament House and the government covered it up because there was an election coming up.

    The criminal trial was abandoned because the case was having a very detrimental effect on the victim’s mental health.

    Later, Bruce Lehrmann sued a number of journalists for defamation… And lost… So now Bruce Lehrmann is forever branded a rapist. The judge delivered the above quote during his final decision.

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    Not saying someone should dox and swat the proud boys, but they do need a huge order of pizzas delivered.

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    Can we send them to El Salvador when they come to court like we are doing with other poor people?

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      They settled with the family of that woman that disobeyed a direct lawfully given order from a cop, to the tune of millions of dollars.

      So, yes, they absolutely will pay them. In fact, this is a “legal” way for the government to fund them.

    • Rhonda Sandtits@lemmy.sdf.org
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      That’s been the general understanding but may not be true. Up until 2016, America has relied on the government respecting the conventional way a lot of things are done. But there have been the occasional deviation.

      It was controversial when Ford pardoned Nixon for not specifying what he was being pardoned for.

      Last year Biden pardoned his son to protect him from possible persecution by a future government, also controversial.

      Who knows, maybe Trump will shit out a tweet tomorrow declaring these idiots are completely innocent of any crime. Any challenge to that would need to be heard by the Supreme Court. Would the current Supreme Court intervene, I doubt it.

      Your simple, one sentence question had given me way too much to think about.

  • hemmes@lemmy.world
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    Man, they could’ve just taken the already corrupt pardon but, no, let’s keep fucking around to find out.

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      Just leave off the “find out” part, since anyone with Trump loyalty is untouchable. I think Trump would love to give the proud bitches a bunch of money