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Jury refuses to convict seven Palestine Action 'organisers' for Israeli arms factory raid (www.declassifieduk.org)

submitted 2 months ago by okwithmydecay@leminal.space to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Amputret@lemmy.dbzer0.com 71 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It’s not enough to restore my faith in the general public, but it’s welcome news at least.

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[–] Nester@feddit.uk 39 points 2 months ago (1 child)

It's my understanding that the general public's opinion of the PA ban and subsequent legal trials of its members is overwhelmingly in the defendants favor.

But I'm not sure how in touch I am with the British public.

Anyway, I hope your faith in the British public continues to heal.

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Anyway, I hope your faith in the British public continues to heal.

I hope the British public continues to increasingly act in such a way as to deserve our faith.

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago

They had to lie to the jury to get previous convictions

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[–] uber_chicken@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (1 child)

This is why they want 'jury-less' courts

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[–] limonfiesta@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago*

Any officer of the court who demands extrajudicial exceptions to jury trials, needs to be sentenced extrajudicially.

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[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 33 points 2 months ago

!upliftingnews@lemmy.world

The incident took place at the height of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and before Keir Starmer’s government had implemented any restrictions on arms exports to Tel Aviv.

It should read

The incident took place at the height of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and before Keir Starmer’s government had implemented any secret plans to imprison people protesting genocide and label them as terrorists without the jury knowing

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

Okay I'm kinda starting to see the appeal of juries.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Finally, some good fucking ~~food~~ jurors.

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