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minus-squarepotentiallynotfelix@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·2 days agoBut you can’t charge me with murder! That guy committed it too!
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoselective enforcement of the law is a real issue. One of the reasons Donald Trump will likely never go to jail is the failure to prosecute nixon, reagan (iran contra, iran hostage crisis meddling), and Bush/Cheney(wmd fiasco)
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThe argument here is more along the lines of, “you can’t make a law that defines something as murder only when I do it.”
But you can’t charge me with murder! That guy committed it too!
selective enforcement of the law is a real issue. One of the reasons Donald Trump will likely never go to jail is the failure to prosecute nixon, reagan (iran contra, iran hostage crisis meddling), and Bush/Cheney(wmd fiasco)
The argument here is more along the lines of, “you can’t make a law that defines something as murder only when I do it.”