The long read: After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious
  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    What I gathered from this article is that Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is a true story.

    Also

    Even so, when they were sent out to deliberate, the jury decided on a guilty verdict.

    I swear to god juries are made up exclusively of the most bloodthirsty psychopaths on earth, I don’t know how anyone could see this case and land on “Yes this man should go to prison” let alone an entire jury. A comparison for a housed person would be arresting them because a a handmade pipe gun that isn’t specifically tied to another crime was buried in the grass next to the road in front of your house. The DNA expert specifically told them “It’s absolutely possible his DNA got on it in another way” which for me would mean “Okay so we don’t convict” and also if that’s the case why are you even allowed to show it as evidence? If the expert says it doesn’t prove shit, why are you showing it to a jury in the first place?

    I found an article from when he was arrested, this is the “pipe gun” and it is not known to be connected to another crime other than existing in England. Also I’m pretty sure in the US we would consider that a children’s toy, imagine sending someone to prison for that thing.

    I’m really mad about this. ukkk