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Topic	Trump Trials General Part 14: Dawn of the criminal trials
lilORANG 04/15/24 11:24:16 AM #371:	Cory898 posted... Enlighten me. It would be a relief to know what measures are in place to prevent this nightmare scenario. Voting "not guilty" despite there being overwhelming evidence is called jury nullification. It is allowed, in the sense that a jury's verdict is hardly ever questioned (except in extreme circumstances like where a juror may have been bribed or threatened). The only "safeguard" against it is that the lawyers in court are not allowed to tell them that they can nullify if they want, and there are likely instructions read by the judge that basically say "if the evidence proves he's guilty, you must find him guilty." --- Science and Algorithms <cite>lilORANG posted [p:979917089] in Trump Tria... [t:80741424]...</cite> <quote>Cory898 posted... </cite><quote>Enlighten me. It would be a relief to know what measures are in place to prevent this nightmare scenario.</quote>Voting "not guilty" despite there being overwhelming evidence is called jury nullification. It is allowed, in the sense that a jury's verdict is hardly ever questioned (except in extreme circumstances like where a juror may have been bribed or threatened). The only "safeguard" against it is that the lawyers in court are not allowed to tell them that they can nullify if they want, and there are likely instructions read by the judge that basically say "if the evidence proves he's guilty, you must find him guilty." --- Science and Algorithms</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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