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Can you just mention that it is covered by the Bill of Rights or by the constitution without mentioning the Amendment directly?
by darkarmani 13y ago
Can you just mention that it is covered by the Bill of Rights or by the constitution without mentioning the Amendment directly?
- anigbrowl 13y agoA trial jury is supposed to decide factual questions, not legal ones. The judge tells them what the law is; the jury's job is decide whether the defendant committed a particular act, or not. Arguments over what the law means or what's constitutional take place in front of judges, not juries. That's why ajuries are sometimes asked to leave the courtroom temporarily in the middle of a trial, or the judge orders attorneys into chambers - one side objects to something the other is doing as a matter of law, and the argument takes place out of hearing of the jury, because there jury is not there to decide the legal question, only the factual one.
- redblacktree 13y agoUnless they decide to nullify, which I might do in this case if I were a member of the jury. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification