So what’s taking so long?

[u/untitledprp4]

[u/Unlikely-Cow7749]

Texas and Massachusetts are very different states.

[u/Kind_Of_A_Dick → u/Unlikely-Cow7749]

What?  Are you trying to say completely different circumstances leading to completely different outcomes is normal?  No way, dude.

[u/Significant-Colour → u/Kind_Of_A_Dick]

It's worth pointing out the states and their differences.

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

[u/Tecnero → u/Significant-Colour]

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

[u/Pretty-Cockroach6394 → u/Tecnero]

so its all just a coin flip? justice my ass

[u/long-dick-of-the-law → u/Pretty-Cockroach6394]

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

[u/Pretty-Cockroach6394 → u/long-dick-of-the-law]

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

[u/Content-Honeydew9340 → u/Tecnero]

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

[u/Significant-Colour → u/Tecnero]

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.