gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoChrystul Kizer Got 11 Years in Prison for Killing Her Abuser. This Is Justice?www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1265arrow-down1external-linkChrystul Kizer Got 11 Years in Prison for Killing Her Abuser. This Is Justice?www.nytimes.comgAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square67fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoKizer wasn’t “found” guilty. She entered a “guilty” plea back in May. Hughes entered a “not guilty” plea, and took her case to trial. A jury agreed with her plight and acquitted her. Kizer might have been similarly exonerated by another jury, but she did not avail herself of her right to a trial by a jury of her peers.
minus-squareLustyArgonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYes, I’m aware of that.
Kizer wasn’t “found” guilty. She entered a “guilty” plea back in May.
Hughes entered a “not guilty” plea, and took her case to trial. A jury agreed with her plight and acquitted her.
Kizer might have been similarly exonerated by another jury, but she did not avail herself of her right to a trial by a jury of her peers.
Yes, I’m aware of that.