A Philadelphia judge on Tuesday dismissed all charges against police officer Mark Dial, ruling that prosecutors had not presented evidence that he had committed a crime.

And another one gets off scot free.

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  • MelodiousFunk@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    Seems like the cop invoked the Uncle Jimbo defense.

    “It’s coming right for us!”

    To which the completely impartial judge nodded and went back to playing Candy Crush.

    • BadAdvice@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Absolute immunity needs to go. Judicial reform will never stick unless these clowns get some skin in the game. Every unjustifiable decision in a court room throws back half the time the judge was ruling on. Fuck up a murder trial? That’s 10 years without parole mfr