[cuteboy19]

i know we do non tech news as well but this doesn’t seem notable or interesting enough to qualify. maybe an article about the history of jury nullification would be better

[plorkyeran]

Well we do have one of the highest-karma posters on the site continuing to insist on every single thread that Luigi doesn't have widespread support and anyone who thinks he does is in an echo chamber...

[BillyTheMage]

As an anecdote, every single person I've talked to in-person wholeheartedly supports Luigi and believes executing the parasites until they stop using us as machinery is a good thing.

[Freedom2]

I think it's important to not call out individual users, as that doesn't really facilitate the "curious" discussion that we as a community aspire to achieve every day.

[OmarShehata]

the interesting part is the ramifications of propaganda on the justice system. This is a very concrete example of how you can interfere with the rule of law if you can sway public opinion enough on an issue (this is true regardless of whether you believe the zeitgeist on luigi is organic or not). It's a dynamic more of us should be aware of. The public generally has more agency than we realize.

[Brian_K_White]

Public opinion IS an intentional and legitimate part of the rule of law in the US. That is why the jury is composed of peers, and has the ultimate veto power.

That's not interfering with the rule of law, it's conducting it.

Interfering would be the insurance companies using money to buy public opinion.

[muchosandwich]

From a tech perspective I think it's interesting how social media is going to affect this case. The jury problem is absolutely a function of bottom-up memefication versus old tech centralized broadcasting with a bunch of other factors sprinkled in.