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>Surely if what you say is true, the courts would have found him guilty, no? What are you actually arguing, other than pointing out that he was acquitted? A ju
by marcoperaza 9y ago
>Surely if what you say is true, the courts would have found him guilty, no?
What are you actually arguing, other than pointing out that he was acquitted? A jury's determination of a person's guilt in a particular case doesn't tell you what the law is, or what it ought to be.
Edit: gnode, that’s not true. Only determinations of law, which are only made by judges, are precedent. A jury verdict, which only determines questions of fact, is not precedent at all.
- gnode 9y agoIn a common law system, findings of a court set precedent for future trials. So yes, juries do tell you what the law is by telling you how to interpret it.