Emily VelascoDec 9, 2024
Imagine being the prosecutor who is going to have to find 12 people who haven't had a bad experience with health insurance
Show threadbotvolutionDec 9, 2024
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I mean, it would be fucking *hilarious* if the prosecution racked up endless, absolutely unarguable evidence for days and weeks, and then the jury came back in twenty minutes with a Not Guilty
Show threadferricoxideDec 9, 2024
@botvolution @MLE_online

Or a nullification.

UK would be "jury equity" (if wikipedia is correct). In typical context, its mention refers to the power juries have to nullify the very laws that a defendant has been charged with (at least in the US).
Jury nullification - Wikipedia

Show threadEmily VelascoDec 9, 2024
@ferricoxide @botvolution jury nullification does not nullify the law. It's just when a jury knows that someone broke a law and refuses to convict them anyway
Show threadferricoxide
@MLE_online @botvolution

As a single incident, yes. With multiple incidents, it creates a defacto repeal.

Would love to see the "if you're party to large numbers of deaths, it's not murder if someone kills you for it" type of carve-out result. That's probably the only way these companies' behaviors actually change.
Dec 10, 2024 at 12:29amWeb
Show threadShadSterlingDec 10, 2024
@ferricoxide @MLE_online @botvolution have the defense present how health insurance kills people for profits for a few weeks, then make a case for self-defense
Show threadferricoxideDec 10, 2024
@ShadSterling @MLE_online @botvolution

It'd definitely form a basis for a temporary insanity plea.