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[-] NoneYa@lemm.ee 263 points 5 months ago

I’d have to say Jury Nullification would be one and especially so because mentioning it or admitting that you know of it can get you pulled off an American jury.

It’s the idea that even if a person is brought to trial and is guilty of an action that is legitimately classified as a crime, if you and your fellow jurors disagree, you can still find the plaintiff “not guilty”.

For example: marijuana is illegal on the federal level and some state levels and if someone were in court on charges of possession of marijuana and nothing more, regardless what the law says or how the judge feels, you and your jurors can vote to find this person innocent so they don’t face the legal consequences for possession.

[-] snooggums@kbin.social 114 points 5 months ago

Historically it was used by white juries to let off fellow racists who committed crimes against minorities, which is why the courts discourage it.

[-] jayrhacker@kbin.social 74 points 5 months ago

It was also used during prohibition, and courts do more than discourage it, you can be held in contempt for mentioning it.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 33 points 5 months ago

How is it intended to be used then, just pretend it doesn't exist till final deliberations?

It still exists, so when is it intended for?

[-] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 59 points 5 months ago

It exists only as a consequence of two other requirements of the jury process. 1) jurors cannot be held accountable for any decision they make as a jury and 2) any not guilty verdict delivered by a jury is absolute and final.

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[-] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@lemmy.world 173 points 5 months ago

09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

[-] TehBamski@lemmy.world 46 points 5 months ago

What the heck is this for and what does it mean?

[-] zzzz@lemmy.world 127 points 5 months ago

It's the illegal prime number used to decrypt DVDs.

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[-] legios@aussie.zone 27 points 5 months ago

Hahaha, many many years ago that was in a meta tag on my website and the welcome banner for my mail server!

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[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 109 points 5 months ago

How to pass/invalidate a lie-detector test.

They are not considered admissible evidence in court (but the criminal justice system still use them to a degree..), and they can be interpreted with intentional bias, so I think it's fine to share.

One of my psychology professors told me that if you hide something like a sewing needle in your shoe's insole, you can ever so slightly apply pressure so that the poke causes a physiological spike. They monitor for movement, so it has to be very minute. The goal is to do this on every control question so that they cannot establish a baseline and have to give up.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago

The best way to invalidate a lie detector test is to not take one, because you can not be forced to take one unless you are applying for a job to the CIA.

Phrenology is more legitimate than polygraphs, and Prenology is nothing but bunk hokum.

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 60 points 5 months ago

I had clients in federal probation whose freedom was dependent on the results of annual polygraphs. Refusal was considered a fail, and they'd be shipped back to FedMed or prison. Inconclusive results were also blamed on the clients, and would count as a failed test.

Was total bullshit, especially given the level of function and serious psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses of my clients.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 47 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh, right.

For one blissful moment I forgot that America was a festering, infected pustule on the ass of society.

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[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 29 points 5 months ago

I remember seeing some cop show a long time ago where they couldn't figure out how this guy kept screwing up their lot detector tests they were forcing him to take. They found out he was putting a tack under his big toe and using this trick so they scheduled him for another test, but they kept moving him from one building to another looking for the room they were supposed to be in, forcing him to walk a lot.

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[-] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 104 points 5 months ago
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[-] TheKracken@lemmy.world 101 points 5 months ago

You can infinitely go around and around a roundabout or a clover leaf interchange.

[-] bemenaker@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

Look kids, Big Ben, Parliament

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[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 89 points 5 months ago

Juries can nullify any charge based on their own discretion.

[-] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 34 points 5 months ago

Knowing this is how you get out of jury duty

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[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 83 points 5 months ago

It's possible to bioengineer yeast to turn sugar into morphine.

[-] decended_being@midwest.social 35 points 5 months ago

Unfortunately, I am allergic to morphine, wake me up when they can turn sugar into Dilaudid.

Or better yet, morphine into fully baked sugar cookies.

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[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 76 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Anarchist's Cookbook is full of bad information, you should use the US Improvised Munitions guide instead

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[-] Lemmylemmylemmy@lemmy.world 72 points 5 months ago

There are free private, and generally better-working versions of almost every software program. Including, operating systems, social media, email, telephone, etc

[-] Tattorack@lemmy.world 33 points 5 months ago

Blender 3D, Krita, and Gimp have been the pillars of my creative life. And since last year November I've been running Linux.

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[-] BigWheelPowerBrakeSlider@lemmy.world 71 points 5 months ago

You can resist an unlawful arrest. But good luck with that in the real world.

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[-] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 70 points 5 months ago
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[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 69 points 5 months ago

You can legally create, own, and use your own flamethrower in the majority of the US.

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[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 64 points 5 months ago

How to make controlled substances.

It's not illegal for anyone to know, it is also technically legal to make and possess if you have the correct licensing for some substances, but it is illegal to synthesize them.

[-] mrunicornman@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago

What's the difference between making and synthesizing here?

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[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 63 points 5 months ago

That you can leave the interrogation room any time you want if you're being questioned for a crime.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 77 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What is the best script to deal with this?

  1. Am I being detained?
  • yes: (I want to Speak to lawyer) --> 1
  • no:
  1. Am I free to go?
  • yes: Go
  • no: --> repeat 1

♾️

No need to go outside this script?

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 46 points 5 months ago

And then you shut the fuck up

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

speak very basic and plain. don't use coloqualisms, don't use slang, etc.

One guy told a cop "I want my lawyer, dog", and and they never got him one saying there were no dog lawyers, and the courts..of course, backed up the police, in clear violation of common sense and decency.

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[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 56 points 5 months ago

Making amateur rockets and pipe bombs are basically identical -- for a rocket, one end of the pipe is open. There's a vibrant amateur rockets community nevertheless.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 42 points 5 months ago

Not really, the whole point of a pipe bomb is for the reaction to happen as fast as possible. This is sub optimal for rocketry.

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[-] outrageousmatter@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can request your trial to be done by mail, yes this is legal and if you truly want to get out of a speeding ticket or any other tickets or fine. Just do it the trial by mail and always postpone it for a greater chance of the officer just letting you win it. The source for all my information is from a lawyer, also check your local laws or state laws about this, thank you maggoty as it depends.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfwL6P2bc2s

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[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 47 points 5 months ago

Ethyl Mercaptan, used as the warning odor for natural gas/propane, is not regulated.

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[-] MrShankles@reddthat.com 46 points 5 months ago

Tails OS. I went to search what it was and read the Wikipedia article. Guess I'm on a watch-list now, cause of my dumb curiosity lol

From Wikipedia

In 2014 Das Erste reported that the NSA's XKeyscore surveillance system sets threat definitions for people who search for Tails using a search engine or visit the Tails website

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[-] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 45 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Probably either research chemicals or jailbreaking tech.

As for the former I fell down a rabbit hole reading about research chemicals on some subreddit and hearing people's reports.

Jailbreaking doesn't feel as illegal, I'm not in Japan, but it makes me feel like a badass early 2000s hacker helping my friends with their 3DSs and PS3s and seeing their reactions.

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[-] thorbot@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago
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[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago

Just knowing the history of policing feels illegal. How they normalized this vile paramilitary - essentially institutionalized fascism - right from the start in the UK and the US sure as hell isn't something they will ever show you on Law & Order.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 38 points 5 months ago

How to make drugs.

How to make explosives.

"1001 ways to kill a man."

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[-] Zacryon@feddit.de 32 points 5 months ago

How to construct systems which are used for civil applications but can easily be turned into weapons.

Or the good old question of science and responsibility: do you use nuclear fission to create energy or to kill an enormous amount of people?

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 31 points 5 months ago
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[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

Knowing how to make explosive whether chemical or otherwise

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