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Justice system is probably going down the pan anyway. Judges and jurors will be harassed by online mobs.


The internet mob doesn't need any help from the justice system beyond maybe a little swatting. The rest just works by threatening friends, family, employer and the rest of a victims social circle. That usually suffices to destroy a person's life thoroughly.


Harassment is bad, but judges and jurors already face harassment from offline mobs, including many within living memory who actively wanted to murder them. The system's generally robust against that kind of thing.


I don’t think it’s necessarily robust against the increased visibility and coordination that social media brings.




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