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How much furry porn and erotic discord RP is going to be part of the evidence for the Tyler Robinson trial?
In theory, evidence can't be presented if its more likely to impact the jury over unfair prejudice than by its probative value, and unless the shooter was a big fan of a very specific sort of snuff, it's unlikely that the porn or RP will have much information of value at all. In practice, the actual rules-as-operated are byzantine and highly dependent on which lawyers and what judges you get.
If he had any brain cells worth mentioning, he'd plea guilty. Dunno whether that's likely enough to make the question moot.
And if a prosecutor wants to show radicalization? Like following a lot of trans accounts and listening all day about the trans genocide?
I'd be surprised if the porn and ERP were particularly useful for that. I won't say those spaces keep their jorking material and their political advocacy separate, because they don't (cw: fully clothed trans / hyena fem wearing tight pants from behind), but there's enough difference that a prosecutor is going to have a lot of work to do in order to get a judge to sign off on presenting the smut as evidence rather than the political discussions. Again, not a lawyer, not legal advice, and the rules are pretty open-ended, but this is pretty common a problem.
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