I think they are referring to Europe not the US. In Germany it's not uncommon for breakfast to consist of meat and cheeses on different kinds of rolls. Edit: rereading, it's clear they're referring to the US.

Al Queda & Y'all Queda are getting closer and closer every day. Won't be long before we see videos of everyone shooting their guns in the air at the wedding.

Smaller food portions and more walking/activity. It has nothing to do with food additives.

Is it Mara Lago?

There are actually an average of 3 per day…

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4.65!

A south Florida wedding without at least 3 arrests is considered a dull affair

I suppose I can make two arguments on behalf of the way things are done.

First, the jury's role is to establish whether or not the defendant is guilty of the criminal act as defined by the statute. Did the defendant commit the crime, yes or no? Someone's reasons, in a case like this, don't really change whether they did the crime or not. They're superfluous to the limited question at hand.

Sentencing is the part where we worry about how much someone deserves to be punished for committing the crime, so mitigating factors are relevant there.

Second, it might be dangerous to the justice system's impartiality and effectiveness to allow a jury to consider other factors when they come to a decision about guilt. The laws are supposed to apply equally to everyone. If juries start carving out unpredictable exceptions based on how sympathetic they feel a particular defendant is, then the application of justice might become very unequal. For example, young black men stereotyped as hoodlums might be treated much more harshly than young, attractive white women who have different, more positive stereotypes. (Indeed, that sort of bias is already a problem even with the current system.)

No, that was LAST year’s scandal

Uh.... Nobody show them a McDonald's pattie factory

This time. Just wanted you to know we can do this all day if you don’t shut your yaps.

This is the norm in FL nowadays. It's also the reason I will not allow my son to go to any college/university in FL.

There are >1000 derailments a year in the US.

Damn Ohio can you chill for a second

Ja Morant is everywhere.

religion over sense is the onion

You really can’t grasp how fundraisers work?

Why shouldn't the jury know the intent of the person though? What's wrong about considering all sides in that part if the process?

Totally missed the word “gun” the first 3 times I read the headline.

Like, ok, the venue owner waved at the guests, … so what?

It’s our food additives. I lived in Europe for 10 years, and when we returned, a lot of the foods we “craved” just didn’t taste good anymore. We could taste the chemicals used to process our foods. Also most meals you order in Europe come with a salad, giving you a balanced meal where here in the states you get meat and potatoes, and twice the amount you should be eating in the first place.

You see that a lot in cheap UK pubs, people associate 'good value' with 'Huge portions of chips (fries)

It will come up in sentencing. The judge is allowed to take it into account then. The jury can't, though, when deciding on guilt.

In this particular case the defendants essentially committed a crime against the court when they were ordered not to bring up the reason in the "are you guilty or not?" phase of the trial, and then did it anyway.

Totally reasonable reaction.

We're really living in that type of future though- it's both impressive and scary

And the entirety of the circumstances should obviously also include their intent and reasoning. It's absolutely nonsense it isn't.

> To me, "Karen" has just become a PC way of calling a woman a bitch...

Pretty much. That doesn't mean anyone named Karen is a bitch though.