#The Acquittal

[cowboy-kidd]

“..come, mon petit coeur..”

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—NSFW DNI—

[yamanoskk]

Outsider Songbirds and their Favorites

A collect of my birthday fanarts for outsider EE casts in 2023!

[destielmemenews]

Kathleen Folbigg's children most likely suffered from various genetic conditions that led to their deaths. Folbigg was wrongfully imprisoned in 2003 and ordered to serve a minimum of 25 years for the suffocation murders of three of her children and manslaughter for the fourth.

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[quotablefanfiction]

“You know, I keep saying the men in black are everywhere, and people keep calling me paranoid.”

Shinichi is validated on his constant vigilance (chp. 14)

The Impossible Acquittal by Billie Jukes (FF.net) Case Closed (Meitantei Conan)/Danny Phantom – Teen/Mature #Crossover #Incomplete

Sequel to The Impossible Murder (FF.net)

When Valerie is kidnapped, there are only two suspects. As always, Danny Phantom, and her ex boyfriend, Danny Fenton. With everyone keeping an eye on both his identities, Danny's going to need a little help to clear his name and save Val.

Note: This work is very likely abandoned, so if you know not being able to finish a story will bother you, you might want to avoid.

[fromtheseventhhell]

Tumblr and Twitter: women who don’t conform to traditional feminity have masculine privilege.

Reality: in Italy in 2019, two men were acquitted of rape charges after the complainant was deemed by judges to be “too masculine” and therefore “ugly” to have been raped by them. The judges (who were all women) believed the men when they stated that they were not attracted to the victim. The judges said that this meant the men would not have raped her. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/11/men-acquitted-of-charges-because-victim-judged-too-masculine

The only people who think that non-conforming women, or people in general, have privilege are the people who are actually privileged enough to never have to step outside of their bubble and acknowledge (or care) about the ways other people suffer. Non-conforming women don't gain anything from their non-conformity but increased vitriol and mockery, on top of experiencing the same misogyny all women face. I can't even begin to explain how idiotic it is to claim that people who exist outside of society's strict norms receive privilege for their actions. It's based on nothing and the only people making that claim simply refuse to empathize with non-conforming people. They fetishize suffering and enjoy their perceived victimhood, while ignoring how it effects others. It's disgusting and I hate how popular this idea actually is when it's nothing but rebranded misogyny.

[mekatrio]

still in disbelief over this post i saw cuz how do u play 4 whole games of ace attorney maybe more and not see the problem with the concept of "decisive evidence"........

[fake-married-my-dead-fiance]

The way the show explores of ambiguous Do-ha feels about being vindicated. Yes, he's free from suspicion, but a girl that he once loved still died so it makes sense that he wouldn't totally feel like celebrating. It's complicated

And I love Sol-hee telling him that this doesn't need to define his life anymore. He's finally going to be able to get over it.

[soencersocks]

Phoenixcholas

[my-52-weeks-with-christie]

Crime & Christie: It's Not Personal, It's Just Business

On July 15, 1919, at 5:50 pm, after three ballots — the jury found Vera Trepagnier guilty of manslaughter and fixed a sentence of one year to life in prison. Paul F. Volland’s second ex-wife, Gladys Couch Volland, and his son, Gordon B. Volland, were both in court when the verdict was announced and applauded (metaphorically) the jury for holding Vera accountable for her actions. Unsurprisingly,…

[purecommemasolitude]

Recently I’ve been wondering what happened to David. He’s the guy who actually held Ponyboy’s head down in that water (albeit on Bob’s orders) and would’ve had that death on his hands had it happened, which it almost did. And yet he literally never appears again ever in the story. Not even at the courthouse

[belle-keys]

thinking about what our timeline may have looked like if robert kardashian had defended the menendez brothers instead of OJ lol

[trump666traitor]

[fideidefenswhore]

The executions detailed by Foxe were heart-breaking. One of the worst was the execution of Perotine Massey in July 1556, executed alongside her mother and sister in St Peter Port in Guernsey. She had reported a neighbour for stealing a cup; in the consequent investigation, the matter of her church attendance had come to light, and she was convicted of heresy. Amidst the flames, she gave birth to a baby boy, who was rescued by a bystander; but the bailiff in attendance thrust him back into the fire to perish with the mother. We know this was not Foxe's invention, for the bailiff was found guilty of murder during Elizabeth's reign. This is by far the most arresting of many dreadful stories, but Foxe was very good at tales that stay in the memory. At Laxfield in Suffolk, in 1557, the shoemaker John Noyes was sentenced to be burned; but in silent solidarity, his neighbours put out their hearth fires, so that there would be no way of lighting his pyre (although the executioners found a way in the end).

Tudor England: A History, by Lucy Wooding

[pranklinfierce]

This trump defense lawyer is just going after grant in the Supreme Court immunity case

[whitesinhistory]

On June 12, 1945, Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries after an off-duty white police officer named George Booker forcibly entered her house and beat her with a bottle in Selma, Alabama.

During the early morning on June 10, Officer Booker arrived at Mrs. Brown’s home unannounced. According to reports, when Mrs. Brown answered the door, Officer Booker demanded entry so he could speak with one of her family members. When Mrs. Brown refused him entry and asked him to leave, Officer Booker kicked in the door and began beating her with a bottle, fracturing her skull. 

Lige Brown, Mrs. Brown’s husband, came to his wife’s aid and shot the officer in the shoulder in self-defense. The Browns’ two grandchildren were also home and witnessed the brutal attack on their grandmother. Two days later, Mrs. Brown, whose skull was crushed, died from her injuries, having never regained consciousness.

Officer Booker was arrested and charged with murder. During his trial in September 1945, his lawyer cautioned the all-white jury, “[I]f we convict this brave man who is upholding the banner of white supremacy by his actions, then we may as well give all our guns to the niggers and let them run the Black Belt.” The jury heeded this advice, ignoring eyewitness testimony and deliberating for only a few minutes before acquitting Officer Booker of all charges. 

After the Civil War, the system of policing evolved as a way to maintain racial hierarchy. Though officers were meant to protect and serve their communities, in most cases police departments were restricted to white officers, many of whom used their power to subject Black people to indiscriminate violence. Officers who terrorized and brutalized Black people were rarely held accountable and were often instead exalted as defenders and upholders of racial hierarchy.

[doppoorochisimp]

I actually love Doppo's inhability to befriend anyone unless they've beaten the living shut out of him first