Not Guilty verdict in killing of Kate Steinle

[RyanEX]

During a 5 hour interrogation in which the police lied to him many times and where he gave other accounts too. But just because that is the one you went with doesn't mean the jury did.

Ans you know they lied to him how...?

[Masoner]

Picking up a firearm should mean you assume responsibility for that weapon. Oh well, whatever.

He said he didn't know what it was.

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Wait, hold on. You think Mexicans are not second class citizens in America thanks to the Democrats already?

well I think that Mexicans are citizens of their own country which is why they are called Mexicans. If they come here illegally they are criminals instantly

[NicoWolf]

I don't understand why you use a jury for important cases like this, the average human is too ignorant and emotional and easy prey for a lawyer.

The phrase you're looking for is "easily influenced and manipulated by bias".

Sure, there is a distinct possibility that the jury was comprised of liberal minded jurors who saw a chance to make a public statement that illegal immigrants don't have to follow the law because Trump is president. It's disgusting, revolting, and an absolute miscarriage of justice, but leaving it all in the hands of a single person whose biases cannot be counteracted by someone else is much worse. All it takes is for their bias to see a white/black/hispanic/asian person on the chopping block and say, "fuck em, they probably did it. Guilty as charged."

Unfortunately, bias exists in everything and a good portion of the time, that bias directly impacts how we view any given situation. It distorts our perceptions and warps our ability to rationalize equitable and reasonable solutions to problems.

A cursory glance through many of the more politically charged or identity politic oriented threads in Off-Topic shows how easily this bias can surface and just how warped some views get.

[Matchles]

So in an interview with a news station he said he picked it up and it went off three times. Then he told police he was aiming it at sea lions. This sounds like a credible defendant with a reasonable and consistent explanation, Matchles.

What the hell does a news station interview have to do with it? You DO know that a jury is sequestered and not allowed to listen to media on the case, don't you?

[Thage]

Prosecution did a shit job, cops did a shit job, and they were unable to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt because of how badly they botched the case. Next case.

[Aurrora]

What the hell does a news station interview have to do with it? You DO know that a jury is sequestered and not allowed to listen to media on the case, don't you?

Would his interview with the news station not be allowed to enter evidence for some reason?

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Again, you're assuming I was only searching this thread, and not the entire forum. No one here mentioned her EVER.

Again, that case has not been decided yet. If somehow the driver gets off with only a reckless driving charge then feel free to make threads calling for outrage. Until then there's no point.