• Dupree878@lemmy.world
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        21 days ago

        The prosecution doesn’t get to file for mistrial after a jury has rendered its verdict

        • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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          21 days ago

          you are correct, but if you hire a lawyer instead of a wet sponge they can feel the jury out and file mistrial during proceedings.

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          21 days ago

          sounds like someone doesn’t realize that lawyers pay attention to juries while the case is tried and can file for mistrial due to some fabricated context of jury contamination through media before a verdict is given.

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            21 days ago

            Once the trial begins, it’s not a easy for the prosecution to get a mistral without prejudice attached. There have to be grounds on which the mistral is based.

            “We’re going to lose because the jury is going to rule against us” is not adequate grounds for a mistrial.

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        21 days ago

        That works as well. Anything to make these ghouls actually sweat a bit about the needless suffering they cause for monopoly money

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          21 days ago

          I would argue if we got a jury to say he was not guilty because shooting a Rich Ghool was Defence, it would cause FAR more worries than a simple nulification.

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                  21 days ago

                  Kinda. It has to be a crime in both jurisdictions, and it’s only between state and federal systems. Two different courts in the same state are under the same judicial authority, so they can’t both try you.

                  If you commit bank robbery for example, you’ve invariably committed armed robbery in a state against an entity under federal jurisdiction. That means they can both prosecute.

                  The feds don’t have jurisdiction for murder in a typical new York sidewalk.