Roughly 90 tickets have been issued since March to volunteers with the loosely organized Food Not Bombs, which serves meals to people in need.

Too many of the potential jurors said that even if the defendant, Elisa Meadows, was guilty, they were unwilling to issue the $500 fine a city attorney was seeking, said Ren Rideauxx, Meadows’ attorney.

    • @[email protected]English
      26•10 months ago

      In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury…

      I’m probably not quoting (with emphasis added) any sort of amendment to a document that forms the supreme law of the land though.

        • Stern
          8•10 months ago

          “The Earth is at least six thousand years old so ten years in jail while we look for a jury is negligible in comparison your honor” - Some Texan prosecutor