Insight: Europe cracks down after rise in 'direct action' climate protests
www.reuters.com
Simon Lachner had plans to glue himself to a German city thoroughfare in June to call public attention to climate change. Instead, he ended up in police custody before he'd even left his home.
  • copandballtorture [ey/em]@hexbear.netEnglish
    51·
    2 years ago

    Do these become jury trials? In the near future, I could see jury nullification of these cases the same way abolitionists did it 200 years ago.

    porky-happy Judge: “You stand accused of helping a slave escape, here is irrefutable proof.”

    douglass-vibing Jury: “We find the defendant NOT GUILTY” troll

    porky-scared-flipped

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Germany doesn’t have jury trials and France only uses them in very rare criminal cases.