@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 6 days agoLuigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square271fedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down119cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1external-linkLuigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"www.newsweek.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 6 days agomessage-square271fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
minus-squareloiakdsflinkfedilink3•edit-24 days agoand how exactly is a jury deciding about someone’s fate not already a popularity contest?
minus-square@fine_sandy_bottomlink1•1 day 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.