@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agoLuigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"www.newsweek.commessage-square270fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down122cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up11.17Karrow-down1external-linkLuigi Mangione prosecutors have a jury problem: "So much sympathy"www.newsweek.com@return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square270fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareloiakdsflinkfedilink3•edit-24 months agoand how exactly is a jury deciding about someone’s fate not already a popularity contest?
minus-square@fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cclinkfedilink1•4 months 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.