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[-] [email protected] 213 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Donnie's complaints

  • Complained about not having a jury
  • Complained about having a jury
  • Complained about jury selection being too boring
  • Complained about falling asleep and being called Sleepy Don.
  • Complained he can't see Baron's graduation
  • Complained at a Bodega about Bodegas being the epicenter of violence and crime
  • Complained about not having unlimited STRIKERS
  • Complained about gag order
  • Complained about gag order being enforced
  • Complained about Jimmy Kimmel hurting his feelings at the Oscar's, which was 38 days ago.

Wah wah wah. Fucking crybaby. How about not breaking the fucking law asshole?

[-] [email protected] 92 points 2 months ago

Sounds like he's a bit of a ... Snowflake lmao

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

One downvote lol. Someone is a butthurt snowflake.

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[-] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Haha. He's still complaining about Kimmel?

That moron doesn't even realize his complaints cause more people to tune into Kimmel to see Kimmel make fun of him every night.

And I hope Kimmel brings this up tonight.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

As per his own words, he's a whiner cause he'll do it till it wins. Unsure how well that works in criminal court though. I'm hoping we get to find out the court's limits sooner than later

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

He whines the likes the world has never seen. So much whining. I can't stand it all this whining.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

There's a bit of usefulness in whining. I "whine" at work all the time, but it's about useful shit. Nothing seems to happen until I complain about something lol

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

If you can't do the mild inconvenience, don't do the crime.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Complained the looseys cost too much.

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[-] [email protected] 133 points 2 months ago

“I thought STRIKES were supposed to be ‘unlimited’ when we were picking our jury?” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

State law, a law that's been around for over a hundred years, limits it to 10 strikes.

That's what he gets for thinking again.

[-] [email protected] 118 points 2 months ago

Trump always complains when he has to follow the rules. Doesn't matter what the rule is, he always wants to be the exception.

It probably comes from the decades of experience he has in not having to follow the rules.

[-] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago

And he's always been a lying manipulative piece of shit too.

Exemplifying that here - he actually does get unlimited strikes if there's a legal reason that juror shouldn't be there (e.g. if they say, "I'm not going to consider the evidence, I've already made up my mind.") He's only limited to 10 strikes without having a legal basis for them, but his followers are going to see Trump's whining and walk away with the impression that his lawyers are forced to spend those 10 strikes on "I've already made up my mind" jurors.

[-] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago

Trump supporters already have the impression that all the potential jurors are out to get Trump, because their whole worldview necessitates a constant attitude of victimhood.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

And somehow the jury pool has zero trumpers to begin with

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not familiar with New York jury procedure, but I vaguely recall reading that -- not specific to New York -- typically there are unlimited "for cause" removals, and a finite number of "not for cause". Like, you can object to someone who isn't going to actually do a sane job as a juror.

googles

Yeah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_for_cause

Strike for cause (also referred to as challenge for cause or removal for cause) is a method of eliminating potential members from a jury panel in the United States.

During the jury selection process, after voir dire, opposing attorneys may request removal of any juror who does not appear capable of rendering a fair and impartial verdict, in either determining guilt or innocence and/or a suitable punishment.[1] An example would be a potential juror in a murder case, where the sentencing options include the death penalty and a lesser sentence (such as life without parole), who states that they "would sentence a defendant to death if found guilty"; such a statement may indicate the person's unwillingness to fairly consider a life without parole sentence.

Unlike a peremptory challenge (the number of which are limited by the court during voir dire, and unless a Batson challenge is raised the challenge is automatically granted) there is no limit to the number of strikes for cause that attorneys on either side of a case can be granted. However, also unlike a peremptory challenge, a strike for cause must state a specific reason (in the example above, the reason would be the juror's bias against a non-death penalty sentence) and be granted by the trial judge; often both attorneys and sometimes the judge will question the juror being challenged.

If one attorney moves to strike a juror for cause but the judge rejects the motion, the attorney may still use a peremptory challenge (if they have any remaining) to strike the juror, and on appeal may raise a claim that the motion should have been granted but, because it was not, the attorney had to either use a peremptory challenge or seat a biased juror.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago

You couldn't pay me enough to be a juror for that trial. Sure, just paint a target on my back for this cult leader who's backed by half the government!

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I'd happily do it. I'm not a us citizen, though.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

And I'm grateful for the people who are willing to do such a thankless task!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

They pay $15 a day where I live. I expect they will get similar lol

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Mine pays $4 for the first day, and $12 per subsequent day if the trial lasts longer than one day. Parking in the attached garage is $15 per day.

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[-] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

No, only you have unlimited strikes when it comes to the law. You threaten another person 483 more times, and we might fine you $1000.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

If you threaten the family members of a federal judge a few dozen more times we will slowly start to count down from 5.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I was pretty chuffed about that $1000 ask, but it turns out that that's the maximum fine allowed for contempt of court in a criminal trial in New York.

Beyond that, there's either exclusion from the courtroom (and no judge wants to exclude a defendant from the courtroom) or detention up to thirty days.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Let's do the detention one, please.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Oh, this isn't The Onion, this is real news.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

TBF I bet the prosecution feels the same way...the juror strike system is designed to make compromises.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

"Man, if I didn't have to follow all these rules, I would be winning right now!"

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

To be fair, getting an impartial jury in this case is a lot harder than it would be normally.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

That's what happens when the defendant is a polarizing fascist asshole.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

No idea why you got downvoted. Nearly everyone will know who he is, since he was the damn President of the country. Nearly everyone will know a lot of stuff about him, since he never fucking shuts up on social media. He has a large percentage of the country who loves him and a larger percentage of people who absolutely hate him. Finally, the case and jury selection is in New York, where he has been in the news for 40 years.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

People seem to think that a prior opinion about the dependent automatically means that a potential juror cannot be impartial. All that is required is that the juror can render a verdict based solely on the evidence presented at trial. Plenty of people with strong opinions about Trump himself can still be impartial jurors.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I agree. Trump has done everything possible to spread his propaganda and poison the jury pool.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That’s why they’re not allowed to ask nix people for being biased.

Everyone already has their opinions. The best they can do is look for people that aren’t dogmatic.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Is it reasonable to think that if his lawyers get even one maga nut on the jury, they'd have to re-try the case?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I am pretty certain jury verdicts have to be unanimous or it's a mistrial, so, yeah, that's a reasonable thing to think

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

The fact that they are going through social media history makes this significantly less of a risk, but it's still a risk.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

There are plenty of stupid people who are not active on social media.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Outside of Lemmy, I'm not on social media... and I like to think of myself as pretty stupid.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

On the plus side this is New York, the city that knows him best. And they fucking hate him.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's up to the government to decide whether or not they re-try a case if there is a hung jury. It's my understanding that most of the time, they do not re-try the case because of the time and effort involved with no guarantee that the outcome would be any different. So usually a hung jury is a victory for the defense.

I'm not a lawyer, that's just my layman's understanding from the legal stuff I've seen and read.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Hah, get fucked you feckless moron.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I just like that, for the past couple of days, he’s had to sit there and listen to people offer their unfiltered opinions about him as they were entered into the public record. Honestly, I was kinda hoping it’d go on for another day or two so he’d have a rage stroke.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

"No one can judge me!" - Donald Trump literally

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

You know how many times he's asked his lawyers if they could? At least a dozen.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Cant expect any different from the rotten orange pussy

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Of course that's what he wants to do. Reject all of them and then have the judge declare a mistrial when they can't seat a full jury.

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