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Does Europe not have jury trials?
by ThrowawayTestr 2y ago
Does Europe not have jury trials?
- mcv 2y agoEurope isn't a single place. Some countries do, some don't. I don't think I've ever heard of a jury trial in Netherland, but France, Belgium and the UK apparently still have it.
- tdeck 2y agoScotland even has the famous "third verdict" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_proven https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_proven
- aitchnyu 2y agoIs this remarkable? I see "acquitted by lack of evidence" in India and think its the same.
- ender341341 2y agoIn the US "acquitted by lack of evidence" is not a legally distinct verdict, just guilty or not guilty, even if the jury provides justification.
- extraduder_ire 2y agoSome countries in Europe also don't have the same concept of double jeopardy that the US has and allow retrials even if someone is found not guilty. Off the top of my head, in England you can be retried for murder if new evidence is presented as many as ten times.
- adastra22 2y agoIt's more of a common law thing (but not exclusively).