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      He should run for president then immediately claim immunity based on the courts trump rulings.

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      Why would he be acquited?

      Edit: when a question gets downvoted you just might be too emotionally fragile to be online

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          This is always a wild one to me, he did it and hes a hero for it, stop erasing his badass act. It’s such a fringe conspiracy that not even Luigi has endorsed it

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            Allegedly…he hasn’t admitted to anything afaik… and as far as I’ve seen the evidence is flimsy …why would he escape and then hang out in a fast food restaurant with the disposable murder weapon?

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              Not just the weapon but straight up a conviction starter pack…

              Spooks out did themselves. The evidence is too good to be true IMHO.

              I am waiting to see how all that evidence holds up in the court.

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                  Nobody censors dissent here… Get real.

                  You are free to express your weak sauce opinions, people are free to call you out.

                  No need for victim whoring ;)

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        Why would he be acquited?

        I up voted because who the fuck would assume any practical result where USA is concerned.

        It’s naive to think that Luigi has any future in a fascist country.

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        To answer your question in a non facetious way, there’s a phenomenon called the csi effect. Essentially, juries expect csi levels of ironclad proof that tends to make it much harder than expected to convict.

        Combined with the high profile and over politicisation and publication of the case, i see it damn near impossible fornthem to find 12 jurists who will unanimously find not only enough evidence, but not have a refuser based on sociopolitical contexts- much like how OJ walked on the LAPD’s corruption.

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    Missing something here. How are the feds prosecuting for murder when murder has always been a state charge? In any case, is this not double jeopardy?

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      I think because he fled across state lines. It seems like a stretch to me, but I am not a lawyer.

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          Not that much of a stretch. Since a state may refuse to arrest someone who committed a crime in a different state if they are sympathetic to said crime (especially a concern when USA was split between slavery and anti-slavery states), the feds can have jurisdiction in these cases, since otherwise it may involve a dispute between states. It makes at least some sense…

          If you want to see a real stretch (aka completely made up bullshit), look up how feds justify growing marihuana for your own consumption (not sale) somehow involves interstate commerce.

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      Double jeopardy does not apply to facing federal and state charges under the dual sovereign doctrine. It does not really make sense, but that’s the law.

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        Certainly not.

        Just like Walter White would have had no reason to sell drugs because he would have gotten his cancer treatment for free.

        America really is just that country.

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          I look forward to the day we hopefully get to where that show just confuses younger generations because no civilized society would have allowed those circumstances to exist in the first place

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    Has nobody told him the constitution doesn’t matter anymore?