• @Ksin@lemmy.world
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    5317 days ago

    That’s seems pretty damn ballsy of them since unless they are extremely confident in the jury selection it’s practically guaranteed to result in a hung jury if they know that finding him guilty will result in the most severe verdict.

    • @SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
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      2917 days ago

      Yeah there’s no better reason to use jury nullification than when government wants to kill a guy for political reasons.

    • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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      717 days ago

      Federal juries are way, way easier to tilt towards the prosecution, and the judge has far more power, even assuming he isn’t a Trump appointee.