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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 07:30 PM Nov 2019

Not guilty: Jurors acquit border aid volunteer Scott Warren on harboring charges

Source: Tucson.com

Federal court jurors in Tucson found border aid volunteer Scott Warren not guilty of harboring charges after just two and a half hours of deliberation Wednesday.

The case hinged on the difference between helping and harboring.

In closing arguments earlier Wednesday, defense lawyer Gregory Kuykendall said Warren only provided humanitarian aid to two Central American men who crossed the border illegally in January 2018.

"Being a good Samaritan is not against the law. Practicing the Golden Rule is not a felony," Kuykendall told the jury.

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Not guilty: Jurors acquit border aid volunteer Scott Warren on harboring charges (Original Post) G_j Nov 2019 OP
This is good news. He never should have been charged in the first place. LonePirate Nov 2019 #1
Good for that jury! Prosecuting him was WRONG. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2019 #2
Jury Nullification irisblue Nov 2019 #3
Indeed. No matter how right wing they will try to make the courts, this will be an option ck4829 Nov 2019 #4
interesting thought! diva77 Nov 2019 #19
Really? NurseJackie Nov 2019 #20
Thank goodness. nt Sienna86 Nov 2019 #5
good news! now bluestarone Nov 2019 #6
Good. nt SunSeeker Nov 2019 #7
Great! Thanks for sharing! Karadeniz Nov 2019 #8
Glad to hear! Canoe52 Nov 2019 #9
Good news! nt in2herbs Nov 2019 #10
In normal times. the act of helping those in need would not be a crime that was in a court. riversedge Nov 2019 #11
The Golden Rule FuzzyRabbit Nov 2019 #12
as someone not belonging to an official organization, Kali Nov 2019 #13
Excellent news! I teach my kids to treat others as you would want to be treated. That's what HUMANS iluvtennis Nov 2019 #14
It would have been very disturbing if a jury DiD wnylib Nov 2019 #15
DOJ just now straight up lost the retrial. A rare jury acquittal. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #16
Wonderful news! sinkingfeeling Nov 2019 #17
I am so glad burrowowl Nov 2019 #18
Sometimes the jury system makes the right decision. This is one of those times. Nitram Nov 2019 #21

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
20. Really?
Thu Nov 21, 2019, 08:11 AM
Nov 2019
Jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a verdict of "Not Guilty" despite its belief that the defendant is guilty of the violation charged. The jury in effect nullifies a law that it believes is either immoral or wrongly applied to the defendant whose fate they are charged with deciding.


I do not think this applies It's unclear if the jury believed that the defendant was guilty.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,956 posts)
12. The Golden Rule
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:22 PM
Nov 2019
Being a good Samaritan is not against the law. Practicing the Golden Rule is not a felony," Kuykendall told the jury.

It is if you are a Republican. If they believed in practicing the Golden Rule Warren would never have been charged.

Kali

(54,990 posts)
13. as someone not belonging to an official organization,
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:32 PM
Nov 2019

who has helped a number of migrants over the years, I thank the jury and hope the precedence continues.

iluvtennis

(19,716 posts)
14. Excellent news! I teach my kids to treat others as you would want to be treated. That's what HUMANS
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:52 PM
Nov 2019

do.

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
15. It would have been very disturbing if a jury DiD
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 09:54 PM
Nov 2019

convict him. Disturbing enough that he was even charged.

So in spite of rhe insanity of Trumpists, there are st leasr 12 sane people in NM who are not buying into the BS.

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,710 posts)
16. DOJ just now straight up lost the retrial. A rare jury acquittal.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 10:30 PM
Nov 2019
IWantNothingHat Retweeted

Trump’s DOJ tried Warren for the crime of trying to make sure migrants in the desert didn’t die of thirst. (The specific charges were more technical, but that’s the real point.) First trial ended in a hung jury. DOJ just now straight up lost the retrial. A rare jury acquittal.


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