#defendants — Public Fediverse posts
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One thing I don't understand about Government's paranoia about #jury trials and nullification, is that they aren't and never were instant "get out of jail" card for #defendants (even if some jurors may be sympathetic).
For instance out of those liberating #beagles from an #animaltesting lab, many suspects were sent before #CrownCourt - some got acquitted but others found guilty, and it seemed to be a complete lottery as to what happened.
I was on jury service myself in 2023, and I admit the amount of disruption it caused to my life made it harder for me not to look for reasons for finding defendants guilty (unless it was something like eco/left political protests/animal rights)
(In the end I was discharged without being put on a jury as the Court couldn't find any shorter cases)
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One thing I don't understand about Government's paranoia about #jury trials and nullification, is that they aren't and never were instant "get out of jail" card for #defendants (even if some jurors may be sympathetic).
For instance out of those liberating #beagles from an #animaltesting lab, many suspects were sent before #CrownCourt - some got acquitted but others found guilty, and it seemed to be a complete lottery as to what happened.
I was on jury service myself in 2023, and I admit the amount of disruption it caused to my life made it harder for me not to look for reasons for finding defendants guilty (unless it was something like eco/left political protests/animal rights)
(In the end I was discharged without being put on a jury as the Court couldn't find any shorter cases)
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One thing I don't understand about Government's paranoia about #jury trials and nullification, is that they aren't and never were instant "get out of jail" card for #defendants (even if some jurors may be sympathetic).
For instance out of those liberating #beagles from an #animaltesting lab, many suspects were sent before #CrownCourt - some got acquitted but others found guilty, and it seemed to be a complete lottery as to what happened.
I was on jury service myself in 2023, and I admit the amount of disruption it caused to my life made it harder for me not to look for reasons for finding defendants guilty (unless it was something like eco/left political protests/animal rights)
(In the end I was discharged without being put on a jury as the Court couldn't find any shorter cases)
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One thing I don't understand about Government's paranoia about #jury trials and nullification, is that they aren't and never were instant "get out of jail" card for #defendants (even if some jurors may be sympathetic).
For instance out of those liberating #beagles from an #animaltesting lab, many suspects were sent before #CrownCourt - some got acquitted but others found guilty, and it seemed to be a complete lottery as to what happened.
I was on jury service myself in 2023, and I admit the amount of disruption it caused to my life made it harder for me not to look for reasons for finding defendants guilty (unless it was something like eco/left political protests/animal rights)
(In the end I was discharged without being put on a jury as the Court couldn't find any shorter cases)
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One thing I don't understand about Government's paranoia about #jury trials and nullification, is that they aren't and never were instant "get out of jail" card for #defendants (even if some jurors may be sympathetic).
For instance out of those liberating #beagles from an #animaltesting lab, many suspects were sent before #CrownCourt - some got acquitted but others found guilty, and it seemed to be a complete lottery as to what happened.
I was on jury service myself in 2023, and I admit the amount of disruption it caused to my life made it harder for me not to look for reasons for finding defendants guilty (unless it was something like eco/left political protests/animal rights)
(In the end I was discharged without being put on a jury as the Court couldn't find any shorter cases)
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A #US #judge on Thursday sided with two #NewJersey #criminal #defendants who sought to block a former personal #lawyer to President #DonaldTrump, #AlinaHabba, from #prosecuting them based on a claim she was #unlawfully appointed as the state's top #federal #prosecutor https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/judge-rules-alina-habba-was-unlawfully-appointed-us-attorney-new-jersey-2025-08-21/#ruleoflaw #democracy #government #courts #law #politics #maga
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#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump #lawyers to ask #appealscourt to toss $489 million #civilfraud #ruling
Not only did the #Ejudge #conclude Trump violated #civil #statutes, but also "that #defendants had engaged in #criminal, #illegal #conduct."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fraud-appeals-court-489-million/
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'I am a #rapist', admits #husband in #French mass #rape #trial
"They all knew, they cannot say the contrary," he said. Only 15 of the 50 #defendants #admit to #rape, with most saying they only took part in #sexualacts.
Warning: This story contains distressing details from the start.
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Fascinating. Don Henley says the documents were stolen, but he doesn't want them back. Defendants say the Manhattan DA is star-struck, Henley should file a civil suit... 80+ pages of famous Eagles lyrics!
#Eagles #DonHenley #Don #Henley #music #lyrics #lyricist #composer #songwriter #document #court #case #defendants #prosecutor #pop #music #chart #topper #top #hit #song https://apnews.com/article/hotel-california-lyrics-manuscript-trial-eagles-henley-973e74e795416821e6f022895b47b78e -
Protecting #Activists from #AbusiveLitigation
#SLAPPs in the #GlobalSouth and How to RespondPUBLISHED: JULY 2020
"In #Thailand, an agricultural company files more than a dozen suits against at least 20 #defendants, targeting #workers, #journalists, and #activists who had spoken out against alleged #LaborAbuses at the company’s chicken farm. In #India, an association of #pesticide manufacturers brings a civil defamation suit against #journalists that had reported on the harmful #health and #environmental effects of pesticide use. In the #Philippines, a #mining company files suit against 85 defendants who had conducted a #PeacefulProtest near the company’s mining site, after the company’s own security forces used #lethal violence against the #protesters. In #SouthAfrica, an #Australian mining company files suit against environmental activists who had criticized a company mine during a lecture at a local university.
What do these suits have in common? They are all “#SLAPPs,” or “Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation”: suits filed not to secure relief, but to use the risks and costs of litigation to defuse criticism and opposition and discourage the exercise of fundamental freedoms. SLAPPs have long been prevalent in the #Globa North, but SLAPPs are also being used in the Global South to silence activism.
"In Protecting Activists from Abusive Litigation: SLAPPs in the Global South and How to Respond, ICNL presents the first cross-regional survey of SLAPPs in the Global South, along with the first rigorous comparative analysis of anti-SLAPP policy responses undertaken in the Global North and the Global South. Our survey shows that SLAPPs pose a serious threat to the exercise of fundamental freedoms in the Global South, particularly for activists, civil society organizations, journalists, and community members who dare to criticize powerful entities.
"Our survey, which is far from comprehensive, has identified 82 reported SLAPPs filed in Thailand, India, the Philippines, and South Africa – the most fertile fields for Southern SLAPPs – as well as #Indonesia, #Malaysia, #Armenia, #SierraLeone, and #Honduras. Key features of SLAPPs in our sample include:
- Half of the cases in our sample (41 cases) involved criminal proceedings.
- The most frequent SLAPP targets in our sample were activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) (38 cases, or 46%); journalists and publishers (17 cases, or 21%); and leaders and members of local communities (15 cases, or 18%).
- Nearly all of the cases in our sample – 75 cases, or 91% – were brought by private companies or company officials, with 34 of these cases (41%) brought by mining companies and 28 cases (34%) brought by companies associated with agricultural operations."Where the cause of action or charge was reported, the suit was based at least in part on a defamation charge, either civil or criminal, in 66 of 75 cases (88%).
"Of the 33 suits in our sample brought as civil actions, claims in 17 cases (52%) exceeded 1 million USD, with the average claim exceeding 10 million USD."
Full article:
https://www.icnl.org/post/report/slapps-in-the-global-south-report
#HumanRights #Whistleblowing #DigitalFreeSpeech #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas
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3 #GangMembers in #Arizona are Accused of #torturing, #killing, and then #Mutilating #BernardoPantaleon, a #Gay #Man.
They sent #Photos of Pantaleon's #body to his #Family: #Police. #Defendants are #positioning to use a #gaypanic #defense.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #SayHisName
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#Russia's Top #Court Starts #LGBTQ #Ban #Hearing Without any #Defendants, defense, evidence, or justification of any kind, and was heard #behindcloseddoors.
The “#extremist” #label would mean that #gay, #lesbian, #transgender or #queer #people #living in #Russia could be put in #prison, and cements a long and painful #crackdown on the #community.
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'Big Trouble for #Trump' as #BigLie #Lawyer #SidneyPowell #Pleads #Guilty in #Georgia #Rico #Election #Case.
One #reporter said the #PleaDeal shows the #prosecution is "working... up the proverbial food chain when it comes to #flipping lower-level #defendants and trying to get to the #king at the top."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Courts #Rico #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism
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Wallace explained how the #financial statements were used. He tells a story of #Trump meeting w/a potential #lender, & the company sending an email afterward w/the statement attached & a note: “Hope you will be impressed.”
Wallace has moved on to why the #defendants concocted this #conspiracy. He argues that beyond just a place on the #ForbesBillionaireList, the defendants knew a high net worth was necessary to maintain #financial benefits, such as securing a #loan at a lower rate.
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The #law requires #defendants to establish 3 things to move a case to #FederalCourt: that they were an officer of the US or acting under an officer; that they’re facing #criminal charges “for or relating to any act under color of such office”; &that they have raised or will raise a “colorable federal defense.” #Meadows filed a separate motion in fed court to #dismiss #charges against him under the #Constitution’s #SupremacyClause, but this will be heard only if his arguments for #removal prevail
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Robinhood beats investors’ appeal in GameStop meme stock case - The appeals court judge said Robinhood “had the right” to impose ... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/robinhood-defeat-appeal-in-meme-stock-lawsuit #motiontodismiss #judgebrittgrant #shortsqueeze #supremecourt #plaintiffs #defendants #gamestop #petition #appeal
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"During his campaign, Carnahan claimed to support "#amnesty and #communityservice instead of #fines" for #nonviolent #offenses. He said that #defendants in his courtroom "convicted of #theft or other #misdemeanors" are likely "to find themselves sentenced to get their #GED."
But Carnahan apparently believes that Barnett's #nonviolent #protest supporting #trans #people deserved a much harsher #penalty. "
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Second #request for #anonymity in #UW #sorority #lawsuit #rejected
"#Plaintiffs have chosen to level #accusations of #impropriety against #Defendants,” the judge concluded. “They must now shoulder the burden of those accusations and walk in the public eye. Balancing the #publicinterest against Plaintiffs’ showings of personal physical harm, I arrive where I landed last week: this is not one of those few exceptional cases involving a real #danger of #physicalharm.”