• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      “The last thing I want to do is put you in jail.”

      ~ Judge Juan Merchan

      We love our fair and impartial judiciary, don’t we folks? Lets give Judge Merchan a big hand. He’s helping to Make America Great Again.

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        I wonder if he means that in the sense of “putting you in jail is only going to empower your frankly rabid base of supporters. I need to avoid even the slightest hint of a mistrial so we can put you in prison for good.”

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          putting you in jail is only going to empower your frankly rabid base of supporters

          What does the judge think will happen should the jury returns a guilty verdict?

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    Nice. I got contempt of court once and spent the weekend in jail. No ifs ands or buts about it. Judge wouldn’t even let me hand my house keys to my partner. Lol

    What a fucking joke.

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      The judge doesn’t want to give Trump’s team any ammunition for an appeal. I realize it’s absurd, but if he’s thrown in jail without significant warning then they’ll argue it biased the already liberal jury (cause NYC) against him too much.

      (I am not a lawyer, that’s just my understanding.)

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        The judge doesn’t want to give Trump’s team any ammunition for an appeal.

        If you believe this shit, you’re fooling yourself. Guy’s gotten ten warnings when any off-the-street plaintiff would be lucky to get one. Not only will there be ammo for appeal, Merchan is building precedent of untouchability. My man is straight up announcing

        The last thing I want to do is put you in jail.

        I-fucking-magine this getting said during any other trial. How much more biased can a judge get?