IANAL, but… I gotta say, “Sure, my client robbed the bank, but it’s unfair to prosecute him unless you also prosecute the guy who planned it, too”, doesn’t really seem like the *best* defense. It maybe sounded better in his head, than it did out loud. I can hardly wait to see what the jury thinks of it. I mean, from where I’m sitting, it looks remarkably like a confession.
The goal is “Whataboutism”. “You can’t hold my client accountable until *checks list* those 354 other persons are held accountable”. The goal posts will always be moved. It is a set of false equivalency arguments. It is just a weaselly distraction technique. It pushes problem to other group to expend 10x the effort to demonstrate bullshit is infact, bullshit.
IANAL, but… I gotta say, “Sure, my client robbed the bank, but it’s unfair to prosecute him unless you also prosecute the guy who planned it, too”, doesn’t really seem like the *best* defense. It maybe sounded better in his head, than it did out loud. I can hardly wait to see what the jury thinks of it. I mean, from where I’m sitting, it looks remarkably like a confession.
The goal is “Whataboutism”. “You can’t hold my client accountable until *checks list* those 354 other persons are held accountable”. The goal posts will always be moved. It is a set of false equivalency arguments. It is just a weaselly distraction technique. It pushes problem to other group to expend 10x the effort to demonstrate bullshit is infact, bullshit.