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giraffe_ladytoday at 3:02 PM1 replyview on HN

You ever hear of the scottsboro boys? Emmett Till's murderers were also acquitted via jury nullification, it was common for lynchings in the jim crow era. It's a tool.


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stronglikedantoday at 4:21 PM

Lots of good tools can be used for malicious purposes, but it doesn't make them bad tools.