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IANAL but my understanding is that on a jury there are deliberations and then votes. A juror gets to vote; doesn't have to explain the vote but just casts a v
by graycat 11y ago
IANAL but my understanding is that
on a jury there are deliberations
and then votes. A juror gets to
vote; doesn't have to explain
the vote but just casts a vote.
If the judge can tell a juror
how they must vote, then we don't
need a jury. Else we have a jury,
and the jurors get to vote.
Maybe the judge instructs the jurors
to consider this, ignore that,
on and on. But still a juror
gets to vote and for reasons they
don't have to explain.
It's our jury system. Maybe some
lawyers, judges, etc. have had lots
of biggie ideas about this and that
legal detail about what would, could,
should be the case for juries,
instructions to the jurors, all sorts
of this and that. Still a juror
gets to sit in the jury box, watch
the trial, think, think for themselves,
and then vote and not explain their vote.