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		oblio 1 day ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on ... French law is based on an entirely different legal system compared to US (and Anglosphere law): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_legal_systems... It might not be possible to do something like that in France (though I assume there are other mechanisms available in that case).

casefields 1 day ago [–]

Louisiana has a bunch of French law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Louisiana

oblio 1 day ago | [–]

And your point of trivia is not applicable here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals... -> Louisiana isn't in the list for the court that handled that trial.

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