turtle [he/him]

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Cake day: September 11th, 2024

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  • This is correct. I’ve been in two juries that went to trial, and each side got a handful of denials that they could use, each. Like 5 for my cases, or something in that ballpark. I think that the number is at the discretion of the judge, so because there is so much sympathy for the defendant, the judge may allow a much larger number of denials.

    Disclaimer: I have no legal training and my trials were not in New York, so my comments could be inaccurate.

    Edit: according to this article, this is the number of peremptory challenges (i.e., objecting to a juror during selection for no reason) each side gets - https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/criminal-procedure-law/cpl-sect-270-25/

    1. Each party must be allowed the following number of peremptory challenges:

    (a) Twenty for the regular jurors if the highest crime charged is a class A felony, and two for each alternate juror to be selected.

    This is in addition to presumably an infinite number of juror dismissals for cause, like, for example, if the juror tells that the judge that they would not be able to follow the law.


  • I don’t think that’s why they charged him with terrorism. The reason that some terrorism trials are (were?) done in secret in the past I believe is because most of the evidence that would have been presented would have been classified. I don’t think there is any classified evidence related to Luigi’s trial.

    I think it’s more likely that they added the terrorism charge just as an enhancement to potentially add time to his sentence or more opportunities for him to be convicted of something. However, someone posted an insightful comment here a couple of days ago, pointing out that in order to prove terrorism they will have to discuss his motivations at length, which will only make him more sympathetic to most jurors.













  • Project Zomboid, even though I’m not into zombie lore.

    • Isometric perspective graphics, one of my favorite game perspectives
    • Open world, open-ended, sandbox play with enough of a game objective to not be boring
    • Hardcore survival with deep, often surprising mechanics
    • Amazing multiplayer experiences
    • Loads of suspense and tension
    • Constant development from a small, totally independent team
    • Incredible array of community mods

    I would love to see other games in the same vein using other scenarios besides zombies, like maybe warzone survival, etc.