"The concern you have as a prosecutor is that public support is going to make it into the jury room," said Richard Schoenstein, a legal analyst and defense attorney.

"There definitely are people out there who assume this defendant committed the crime, but support him in doing so," he said.

"There are some students who believe he is absolutely a justified vigilante ... against this system, the American healthcare system, that they think is unjust."

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[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In a democracy, shouldn’t public support be included in the jury room? In fact, isn’t that the point of a jury?

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 45 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In a democracy

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be clear I more mean this as evidence the U.S. isn’t a democracy and not a naive “But why wouldn’t you want that?”

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 days ago

For sure, I was just emphasizing your words for clarity and wit