Too many of the potential jurors said that even if the defendant, Elisa Meadows, was guilty, they were unwilling to issue the $500 fine a city attorney was seeking, said Ren Rideauxx, Meadows’ attorney.

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    10 months ago

    If we wanted a justice system that didn’t waste money, we’d be authoritarian in nature.

    The money wasted is to insure ‘as even a case’ as possible, regardless of the crime.

    That’s the idea anyway.

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      10 months ago

      When I say wasting money here, I mean because you’re not going to get a guilty verdict. Not in the authoritarian judge dredd sense. In fact, in other articles it’s clear the city has brought a bunch of these cases and has gotten zero convictions.

      So it really seems like someone decided they’re going to win this one even if they have to go through 100 sessions of jury selection. (They’ve gone though about 30 so far)