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"Everything that happened" in the national spotlight doesn't even begin to be actual jury intimidation/tampering because none of it was specific, actual, and actionable threats made against specific members of the jury. That's the objective legal standard of proof followed for due process; you...

A claim of jury intimidation is always an extremely long shot, as you have to prove that there were specific, actual, and actionable threats made against specific members of the jury. Simply making a broad assertion that a popular political movement had strong feelings about the verdict does not...

Just to clarify the facts, it was an *empty* police car which did not have officers in or near it at the time. They are accepting a plea bargain for a substantially lower sentencing recommendation, but New York is a nonbinding plea bargain state and the judge has complete authority to issue any...

*shrugs* That's something we fundamentally disagree on, I think.

They deserve to be remembered in the history books, certainly, but *never* in a place of honor or admiration. In my opinion, this is a matter where the federal government should step in and put its boot down.

No, we most certainly do not "need" mass murder framed as a holy war, nor the mass torture of minority groups framed as "the Inquisition". For that matter, the "memetic Inquisition" takes everything that was wrong about the Spanish Inquisition and makes it even more out of control. Having a...

Because U.S. law and precedent on incitement to violence is very narrowly defined against free speech interests, and that does in fact apply to aggressive rhetoric from *all* sides of the political spectrum.

Not only is it legal, it's more or less standard practice in cases where federal and state charges are both brought against a defendant. A plea bargain is a guilty plea, after all, and it makes very little legal or practical sense to simultaneously plead guilty and plead innocent.

Rude asshole customers consistently went out of their way to announce their political affiliations while being a jerk to you?

I'm surprised no one posted this immediately: Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22.5 years for the count of second degree murder, with adjudication pending on the other two counts. This is far less than the 30 years that the prosecution was pushing for, but significantly greater than the...

This is why California simply eliminated cash bail. Pre-trial release is determined by the presiding judge based on whether the accused is likely to reoffend and/or likely to flee.

True, but I think we can all agree that the line between rioting and protesting should not be purely the say-so of the local police getting on their sound truck and declaring it so.

I would point out that that is only an arrest warrant. Was he actually *convicted* ?

College level education in teaching is primarily a matter of teaching pedagogy, i.e. teaching and classroom management skills. That is relevant to teaching at all levels, and the lack of practical pedagogy skills among college professors is actually a huge, huge problem, one that actually gets...

Blindly throwing money at the problem doesn't help, but the problem of teacher understaffing is fundamentally a consequence of the undeniable fact that K-12 teaching pretty much has the lowest pay, worst hours, and least social prestige of any job that requires postgraduate education. Between...

Schools are very unlikely to be able to staff those positions. There's a reason they resort to having sports coaches teach real classes when they're blatantly not qualified to do so.

You shouldn't feel bad about the Peace Prize; it's honestly never meant anything but Norwegian politics. Nothing of value gained or lost.

Note that this isn't an appeal of the actual case, it's the ax-grinding prosecutor appealing over her getting kicked off the case for bias.

Here's the public announcement for the federal indictment discussed in the above video: And here is the official court document (via FlashNet as well). Text is identical to the above.

I think it's a legitimately debatable point. I would certainly not deploy a taser lightly if I was carrying one, and given the medical risks it has been demonstrated to have, I would not approve of using a taser as a pain compliance tool. I agree with Oregon DPSST's classification of the taser...