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Jury verdict has to be unanimous, so she had to convince the majority by offering the argument, but they are instructed to judge on the basis of the law and she
by posterboy 8y ago
Jury verdict has to be unanimous, so she had to convince the majority by offering the argument, but they are instructed to judge on the basis of the law and she likely submitted to the thought that she was unable to derive the unjustice of the law from first principles, the constitution etc. not the least because the viability of law as is, whether subjectively unfair or not is... I don't think I could, either.
- rdtsc 8y agoWhen I was on a jury I noticed that people with the strongest convictions end up winning so to speak. They make everyone understand they won't be persuaded and will drag the thing along. Everyone wants to go home to their lives so they end up not caring and just giving in eventually.