Judge presiding over Maduro's case
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Why are we giving the dictator a trial? Just put a bullet in his head and call it a day.
On paper: to prevent the abuse of being able to call any any leader a dictator and bypass due process.
In reality: to demoralize any supporters and spread it out across a longer time so there isn't a single event to galvanize them.
Okay, and when the activist judge dismisses the case and demands he be returned to power?
Not even activist judges have the ability to return him to power. You just keep the charges and trials (with different judges) coming until your new regime is in solidified. They already got him to waive his right to a "speed trial."
Even if somehow he walks on all of them, none of the Venezuelans in power by that point will want to step aside to let him back in.