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cab67

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1. poisoning the potential jury pool is probably the point.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Jun 4, 2025, 06:24 PM

Jun 2025

This would increase the possibility that an impartial jury can't be empaneled in the first place.

That, and he never seems to know when it's smart to shut his yap.

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poisoning the potential jury pool is probably the point. cab67 Jun 2025 #1

He is financially backrupt anyway Bluetus Jun 2025 #3

That's too bad.. yourout Jun 2025 #4

But it means he is able to get away with anything, as long as it is a civil penalty Bluetus Jun 2025 #6

Is that true for punitive damages? cab67 Jun 5 #7

I believe so. I'm not a lawyer Bluetus Jun 5 #8

also not a lawyer - cab67 Jun 5 #9

Pillow guy has no wages Bluetus Jun 5 #10

Are these judges ever going to stop "warning" people and instead throw them in jail for contempt? malthaussen Jun 2025 #2

No. Because they don't want to end the myth that they actually have some authority. Bluetus Jun 5 #11

Some people just suck up all the oxygen in the judicial system. xuplate Jun 2025 #5