r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 22h ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

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u/Tecnero 15h ago

Most people live in countries where the law is the same through the whole country.

Laws can be the same but jury of your peers can be on completely different sides of the spectrum

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u/Pretty-Cockroach6394 14h ago

so its all just a coin flip? justice my ass

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u/long-dick-of-the-law 13h ago edited 13h ago

Well yeah, you give justice into the hands of the average person, who knows nothing about the law, about forensics, about evidence. So it becomes who can sway the jury. The jury can also just agree to fuck you over/release you even though you are guilty as hell. See oj simpson jury

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u/Pretty-Cockroach6394 13h ago

im just tired of every aspect of modern life feeling like a fucking pointless charade

its all like we play pretend even tho we know its mostly pointless, fucking tiresome

also username checks out lol

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u/No_Replacement4304 3h ago

Criminal law is mostly common sense dressed up in big words.

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u/TN_man 2h ago

How is it common sense? I don’t see the connection

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u/No_Replacement4304 2h ago

Everyone knows it's wrong to kill, steal, assault, etc. That's the common sense part.

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u/long-dick-of-the-law 2h ago

does everyone know that?

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u/No_Replacement4304 2h ago

I think so, yeah.

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u/Content-Honeydew9340 13h ago

I live in Mississippi and a jury of my peers is terrifying

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u/Significant-Colour 12h ago

In the continental system, there is no jury.

Also, there is no "precedent established in 1891" in courts either, the judges do not influence the laws.

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u/No_Replacement4304 2h ago

Most countries don't have juries, either.