return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 days agoLuigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square273fedilinkarrow-up11.19Karrow-down119
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1external-linkLuigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"www.newsweek.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square273fedilink
minus-squareloiakdsf@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoand how exactly is a jury deciding about someone’s fate not already a popularity contest?
minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 hours agoA jury does not decide someone’s fate. They determine whether a person is guilty of the charges against them beyond any reasonable doubt. A jury refusing to find a defendant guilty despite their obvious guilt simply because their actions might be understandable is corruption.
and how exactly is a jury deciding about someone’s fate not already a popularity contest?
A jury does not decide someone’s fate.
They determine whether a person is guilty of the charges against them beyond any reasonable doubt.
A jury refusing to find a defendant guilty despite their obvious guilt simply because their actions might be understandable is corruption.