Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agoQuick question from across the pond. What's the point of a jury if the judge decides they made the wrong decision and punishes them?hexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1107file-text
arrow-up1107external-linkQuick question from across the pond. What's the point of a jury if the judge decides they made the wrong decision and punishes them?hexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaturin [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 days agoThis is a UK court right? spoiler About to make a constitutional argument despite understanding that words on paper don’t actually mean sh*t when you get down to it: US Supreme Court has determined that jurors have constitutional right to nullify laws but in the UK it was just a “norm.”
This is a UK court right?
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About to make a constitutional argument despite understanding that words on paper don’t actually mean sh*t when you get down to it:
US Supreme Court has determined that jurors have constitutional right to nullify laws but in the UK it was just a “norm.”