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Re: Newsom signs bill to limit use of hip-hop lyrics in nigger criminal trials
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Garden rodents
Dec 4, 2022, 1:55:02 AM12/4/22
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kensi <kkensi...@gmail.invalid> wrote:
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> Niggers get away with everything.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Friday to limit
the use of hip-hop lyrics as evidence in criminal trials amid
multiple high-profile cases of lyrics being used against rappers
who have been arrested.
The law, which Newson signed alongside rappers, record producers
and record industry executives who were present virtually, is
the first in the country to ensure someone’s “creative
expression” is not used to “introduce stereotypes or active
bias” against a defendant or be used as evidence in a trial
against them.
It also requires courts to determine if song lyrics are
admissible as evidence and whether content should be linked to
an alleged crime.
This comes after Atlanta-based rappers Young Thug and Gunna were
among two dozen people arrested earlier this year on charges of
racketeering. The indictments against them reference lyrics from
their hip-hop songs, and prosecutors allege Young Thug formed a
street gang and promoted it through his music.
The legislation passed without opposition in the state Senate
and state Assembly in August.
The law states that rap lyrics and other forms of creative
expression can only create circumstantial evidence of motive or
intent behind an alleged crime and introducing them into
evidence creates a significant risk of unfair prejudice against
a defendant.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3669862-newsom-signs-
bill-to-limit-use-of-hip-hop-lyrics-in-criminal-trials/
kensi <kkensi...@gmail.invalid> wrote:
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> Niggers get away with everything.
>
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Friday to limit
the use of hip-hop lyrics as evidence in criminal trials amid
multiple high-profile cases of lyrics being used against rappers
who have been arrested.
The law, which Newson signed alongside rappers, record producers
and record industry executives who were present virtually, is
the first in the country to ensure someone’s “creative
expression” is not used to “introduce stereotypes or active
bias” against a defendant or be used as evidence in a trial
against them.
It also requires courts to determine if song lyrics are
admissible as evidence and whether content should be linked to
an alleged crime.
This comes after Atlanta-based rappers Young Thug and Gunna were
among two dozen people arrested earlier this year on charges of
racketeering. The indictments against them reference lyrics from
their hip-hop songs, and prosecutors allege Young Thug formed a
street gang and promoted it through his music.
The legislation passed without opposition in the state Senate
and state Assembly in August.
The law states that rap lyrics and other forms of creative
expression can only create circumstantial evidence of motive or
intent behind an alleged crime and introducing them into
evidence creates a significant risk of unfair prejudice against
a defendant.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3669862-newsom-signs-
bill-to-limit-use-of-hip-hop-lyrics-in-criminal-trials/
Camelot
Dec 4, 2022, 5:45:02 AM12/4/22
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