• Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    I thought that in US law, jury didn’t have to explain their verdict? (I believe the whole “object” is an US law thing)

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      4 months ago

      They don’t have to explain it to the judge but they’re discussing it beforehand. As far as I know.

      • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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        4 months ago

        Yeah; when on a jury, we had it all written down and had a big flow chart on a white board with stuff crossed off that we had determined wasn’t actually relevant for one reason or another. When the trial was over, all the paper got shredded and the whiteboard thoroughly scrubbed, but we needed all that information while deliberating.