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On the recordApril 20, 2021
I don`t know what happened with this verdict. But if that`s something that can potentially happen where you basically have justice meted out because the jury is scared of what a mob may do -- again, I`m not saying that`s what happened here. But certainly to think that somehow that is going to influence how the rule of laws applied is -- it would be a total disaster if that idea takes hold.
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Ron DeSantis
Republican · Florida
Source
msnbc.com

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Ron DeSantis expresses concern about the potential influence of mob mentality on jury verdicts.

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