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		kragen on Jan 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil Dude, Brazil wasn't an English colony. They don't even have juries, much less jury nullification.

cmcaine on Jan 22, 2020 | [–]

Jury trials are practiced in many jurisdictions and did not originate in England.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_trial

zorked on Jan 22, 2020 | [–]

Brazil has juries.

kragen on Jan 22, 2020 | [–]

Whoops, my bad: https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Brazil

But it doesn't sound like Greenwald will get a jury trial.

Thanks for the correction!

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