• ganksy@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Is it reasonable to think that if his lawyers get even one maga nut on the jury, they’d have to re-try the case?

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      8 months ago

      I am pretty certain jury verdicts have to be unanimous or it’s a mistrial, so, yeah, that’s a reasonable thing to think

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        8 months ago

        The parts of my family that are Trump supporters are all from NYC. I imagine they never have actually met Trump though. I imagine actually meeting him would cure them.

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      8 months ago

      It’s up to the government to decide whether or not they re-try a case if there is a hung jury. It’s my understanding that most of the time, they do not re-try the case because of the time and effort involved with no guarantee that the outcome would be any different. So usually a hung jury is a victory for the defense.

      I’m not a lawyer, that’s just my layman’s understanding from the legal stuff I’ve seen and read.