The American Two Party system

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(03-10-2023, 01:07 PM)Dill Wrote: LOL and wasn't the lead juror the cousin of the coup leader? There was some blood relation in there.

I think ALL charges were dismissed, weren't they?

And the court had to return their "property," the STOLEN automatic weapons. 
So hard for the jury to figure out whether THEY were the threat or the FBI with its raid on private homes.

All this is less puzzling when you remember how hard it was to convict white people of racial
crimes like lynching during this period. Juries often just let them go. 

Also, despite the voluminous FBI files on the case, it was largely forgotten by FBI and historians
as the threat of COMMUNISM loomed so large after '48.

I think all charges were dismissed b/c the presiding judge died halfway through the trial.  That was one of the major deciding factors to dismiss b/c another judge would almost have to start the trial over.  The judge allowed all the defendants to be tried together, one would not show up for something like a dentist appt, and then the trial would be delayed over a month.  Each defendant had their own attorney and the court was flooded with defense motion after motion.  And, yes I do believe the judge allowed a relative of one of the coup plotters to be on the jury and they poisoned the pool.  

So, if we have this again our Federal judges will not allow 50+ defendants to be on trial with each other; they would be separate.  A judge wouldn't allow a relative to be on the jury panel, and they would not allow their courtroom to be a complete circus.