Can you be a little more specific? What exactly do you disagree with "the way this trial was run"? And are you faulting the jury when you say you "disagree with the jury's verdict?" as in you think they should have acquitted him? TIA
I don’t know what people are saying on social media, assuming that’s what you’re talking about in the first paragraph. I am not a social media person but have a few accounts for sleuthing purposes and absolutely nothing political. It’s way too much noise for me. I learned about Qanon from Websleuths. LOL This is my “political” social media.
I already have.
I’ve always thought this case was political because of the timing of it, among other things. Part of Alvin Bragg’s campaign included going after Trump. imo
The article linked below sums up a lot for me that I have difficulty putting into words. Here’s just a snippet -
“‘No man is above the law.’ It’s become cliché, but it’s an important point, and it’s worth pausing to reflect on the importance of this core principle,” concluded Honig. “But it’s also meaningless pablum if we unquestioningly tolerate (or worse, celebrate) deviations from ordinary process and principle to get there. The jury’s word is indeed sacrosanct, as I learned long ago. But it can’t fix everything that preceded it. Here, prosecutors got their man, for now at least — but they also contorted the law in an unprecedented manner in their quest to snare their prey.
Elie Honig Skewers Alvin Bragg for Bringing ‘Ill-Conceived, Unjustified Mess’ of a Case Against Trump
Elie Honig skewered Alvin Bragg in a new column reacting to Donald Trump's conviction, calling the case that led to it an "ill-conceived, unjustified mess."www.mediaite.com
I just posted the #'s of previous posts of mine that show some of my concerns. JMO.
We don’t need to agree. I wouldn’t call Honig a Trump apologist. I looked for a source that wasn’t conservative that could sum up my thoughts.
I found Honig's points as being spot on. JMO.
Why is violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act listed if this is a New York State case? JMO.
Don't Miss This One Key Detail In The Trump Trial Judge's Instructions To The Jury
The jury has finally gone to deliberations in the first-ever criminal trial of a former president.www.huffpost.com
I agree.
And this is one of the issues that will be brought up on appeal. The judge instructed the jury that they didn't have to be unanimous when deciding which of these three crimes where violated.
That's a violation of the Sixth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendments.
Unanimity of the Jury
www.law.cornell.edu
Judge Merchan's instructions to the Trump jury have angered the MAGA crowd. Here's why
Here's why former President Donald Trump's supporters are complaining about the jury instructions in his New York criminal hush money trial.www.usatoday.com
I think he still has THREE more criminal trials coming up so even if he doesn't serve time for this felony, there's much more to come! So much for Felon Trump being unfairly picked on when there's an election coming up. Especially when the one who does everything in his power to keep delaying all of his criminal trials in the first place anyway. He just wasn't able to delay this one until after the election. I'm stunned that anyone backs up Felon Trump or what today's Republican Party has become.
I pray he does. I worry the other three will never happen, so I want justice for this jury verdict. But I will be praying the other three are going to happen. I also worry if he is re-elected, he will find a way to make the other charges go away.
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Banana republic indeed. Shameful.
<modsnip>I did go back to read those, but they state that your issue was with the jury instructions, not the trial? But in your other post, you said your issue was with how the trial was run, so that's what I'm curious about.
As for jury instructions, I'm obviously not a Constitutional scholar, but my read is that the jury unanimity requirement applies to the criminal act itself. If the charge is escalated because of the mechanistic or aggravating factors, but if those factors are not independent charged criminal acts and/or are not independent charged criminal acts that rise to the level of the felony charged, I don't believe they have to be unanimous. MOO
Posts misrepresent New York judge’s instructions to jury in Trump hush money trial
As jury deliberations began Wednesday in Trump’s trial, social media users spread false information about Merchan’s instructions to the seven men and five women who will determine the outcome in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president.
@BeginnerSleuther is correct on this. The verdict was unanimous.
Of course it was. JMO.
