just happened to have set off a chain of events that the Congress used as an excuse NOT to hear the objection of electors THAT day just HOURS later........ yeah, I don't see anything here.
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just happened to have set off a chain of events that the Congress used as an excuse NOT to hear the objection of electors THAT day just HOURS later........ yeah, I don't see anything here.
This is a clearly political decision. Given the willingness prosecutors have shown to put people like Kyle Rittenhouse on trial, or any other officer-involved shooting, it makes no sense that they would skip Babbitt's case UNLESS they were politically motivated not too. It's a shame the ability to prosecute for a crime is held by the state. In instances where the state passes on prosecution of a crime, private parties should have the right to bring their own criminal prosecution. Otherwise the deep state can always excuse its own criminals (like Hillary Clinton). In our justice system, we have double jeopardy and the prosecution gets one crack at convicting a criminal defendant. If the state passes on the opportunity, that opportunity shouldn't go away, it should just fall to the injured party/their family to give it a try. That's a judicial reform I think needs to be made.
Agreed -- the family should have an option to decide on a civil case or criminal case against the govt. and the murderer!
The family can take up a civil case and sue the cop for wrongful death. But all that does is maybe gets him to pay them. That's not justice. He killed someone and he should be treated in the legal system the way people who kill others are treated. They are charged with murder and their case is taken seriously. Maybe the cop doesn't get convicted but that should be up to a jury that looks at evidence, not a federal prosecutor letting his political companions off the hook. If the government won't prosecute, the private citizen should have that right. Our legal theory is based on the idea that a crime is an offense against the state and thus by the state deciding not to prosecute, the state is not offended and thus there is no crime. The legal system needs to be rewritten such that the offense belongs to the offended party (Babbitt) and her family and that their ability to rectify that criminal offense is delegated to the state at their discretion.