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by crcoffey
6166 days ago
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That was pissing me off too, I was starting to lose faith in it giving any real cases. If they jury truly had no choice in this case, Then I feel it stands to reason Jury's don't have enough power in our legal system, The whole idea of a jury is to bring the common citizen to the legal process, and hopefully some common sense to the law. Not being able to save an injustly, if lawfully, accused man for the crime of not knowing all the paperwork a disgusting flaw in our system. I would hope articles such as this bring the issue to life in the political arena. |
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According to the USDOJ statement, he was importing wild-harvested members of Peruvian endangered species. The issue wasn't that he didn't fill out all the paperwork; it's that the paperwork he filled out was fraudulent, designed to cover up the fact that his "investment income" was from poaching from among the last remaining wild exemplars of a dying species.
You shouldn't have regained your faith.