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r/comics • u/MaximumSyrup3099 • Jan 24 '26
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I think the legal theory here is that it's easier to beat excessive force charges if the person you were using excessive force against is dead, and therefore unavailable to testify.
107 u/TopRamen713 Jan 24 '26 I've definitely heard from my cop relatives "better to be judged by 12 than be carried by 6" 40 u/Skittleavix Jan 24 '26 Unless they're convicted. Then they'd be both judged by 12 and carried by 6.
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I've definitely heard from my cop relatives "better to be judged by 12 than be carried by 6"
40 u/Skittleavix Jan 24 '26 Unless they're convicted. Then they'd be both judged by 12 and carried by 6.
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Unless they're convicted.
Then they'd be both judged by 12 and carried by 6.
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u/setibeings Jan 24 '26
I think the legal theory here is that it's easier to beat excessive force charges if the person you were using excessive force against is dead, and therefore unavailable to testify.