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In the US, pardons and jury nullification would both be able to fix such obviously unjust outcomes. Does Germany not have anything like either of those things?
by josephcsible 2y ago
In the US, pardons and jury nullification would both be able to fix such obviously unjust outcomes. Does Germany not have anything like either of those things?
- aktenlage 2y agoIn some courts "Schöffen" are part of the judges. Schöffen are citizens that volunteer as "amateur judges". As far as I know in some trials they even outnumber the professional judge and their vote has the same weight. They could "bend the law" as far as I know, but it's not how it's supposed to be. Those verdicts, if appealed, would probably not hold in higher courts. There are pardons by the German president, but I'd guess they don't happen on that scale.