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Luigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"

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"Jury nullification is a fundamental aspect of the American jury system, allowing jurors to acquit defendants despite overwhelming evidence of guilt if they deem the law unjust or immoral. This concept has its roots in colonial America and has been exercised throughout U.S. history, often in response to unjust laws or societal norms."

For those not on the know.

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'Make them riot' — Trump election case judge unseals special counsel motion on immunity

The filing said that when the co-conspirator was told that a batch of votes appeared to be heavily in favor of Biden, he replied, “find a reason it isn’t,” so as to “give me options to file litigation,” adding, “even if it [is].”

When a colleague suggested to the co-conspirator that this could risk creating a scene reminiscent of the so-called “Brooks Brothers Riot” — an infamous bid to interfere with Florida’s vote-counting effort in the 2000 presidential election — the co-conspirator “responded, ‘Make them riot’ and ‘Do it!!!,’” according to the filing.

The special counsel also wrote that then-Vice President Mike Pence tried to “gradually and gently” convince Trump to accept his election loss, providing numerous examples.

On Nov. 7, 2020, as major news outlets called the race for Biden, Pence “tried to encourage” Trump to accept that the race was over, telling the president, “You took a dying political party and gave it a new lease on life,” according to the filing.

What a new life he gave them too. Pushed it to 11.

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Is it okay to continue to work for a (non-defense) federal government agency under an administration hostile to my own moral and ethical beliefs?

I work for the USPS. We took an oath to the constitution and it's very easy to understand why. The Postal Service is a necessary component of democracy as long as it remains true to what its supposed to be, which is a pipeline of information between any two points in the world. We can debate the legitimacy of that need after the internet, but there are vital services the USPS provides that the internet can't.

I don't like the direction things are going, but i still want to be a part of that. All i can do is make sure the mail I get is getting where it's supposed to be.

If you believe in what you do and that's important to you, then stick it out. If it's not, then that's fine, but you may want to get out for your mental health.

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The Guardian: Ig Nobel prize goes to team who found mammals can breathe through anuses

Other work honoured on the night included US research to house pigeons in missiles to help guide them to their targets; UK investigations which found that claims of extreme old age tend to come from areas that have short average lifespans and and a historical lack of birth certificates, and a French study which found that scalp hair tends to whorl in a clockwise direction, though less so in the southern hemisphere.