The footage definitely helps him more than harms. Right?

For sure.

I happen to be a bruise specialist. That is a wierd thing, @Maw , as they can even be spontaious.

If not for that, nobody would prolly believe his side. He'd be fucked by the system.

Bruises are the weakest evidence in the world of forensic medicine.

But a broken bone is reasonable for that

Internal hemorrhaging may look like just a bruise on the surface, but it's generally not good at all.

@D EMC If he walks, it is due to the filmclips.

And I think he could easily argue that

@Doc amen

And massive pressure from the right. A lot of the left wants to bury him.

there are 20 hostile witnesses around him, and witness psychology suggests even the honest among them would testify against him.

Cuz judges are still human and thus susceptible to pressure.

The election is a clear example but I won't go in depth in this channel.

It's a jury trial, keep that in mind.

Which means it's even more unexpected.

And unpredictable.

depends on the judge. @D EMC remember that judges some places are instructed to include "the sense of justice in populace" in their verdicts.

The Wisconsin governor ain't finna pardon him. You gotta remember they let this shit even happen.

Again, judge has no real say in this, it's a trial by jury.

If the governor said no, the riots would stop.

The jury are still humans

So pressure does matter

The jury are more prone to making irrational judgments out of line with precedence.

I'm not advocating to go threaten em, what I'm saying is that people are pressuring em.

depends on the humans. Study indicate a bimodal curve. Some humans buckle down on their ideals under pressure. The other cohort goes with the crowd factor

And if I recall, you cannot appeal a trial by jury, I could be wrong though. Not at least the verdict itself.

the jury only determines guilty or not guilty, right?

in your system?

It's a bit more complicated than that.

But generally it's faux pas to bring up acquittal.

That sucks tbh

i see

Based on what you know rn, what're the odds he walks?

impossible to calculate

So both are likely?

One is more likely than the other.

It's by no means a sure thing though.

Which is which

@D EMC, you just advanced to level 8!

Not guilty.