Oh, and the OP should include that Hillary is behind it all so that she can jerk Prez Biden around by the strings she is pulling, all so that Hillary can enjoy tea parties with Queen Elizabeth where they discuss their absolute control of the international drug trade while Bill and Phillip go on a “blow jobs around the world” tour.
But he could, if he detected some kind of evidence that members of the jury were going to deliberately ignore evidence or some such thing, declare a mistrial. I’m not sure, but I think this might be done at any point up to the jury delivering a verdict.
Any lawyers here know what the options are if during deliberations, one or more jurors complained to the judge that another juror said something like, “I don’t care what the law or the evidence says, I’m voting _____”.
I see. Sounds like a pretty open-and-shut case in practical terms then, good only for getting people out of jury duty. Thanks for the replies.
Don’t be ridiculous. By this point Hillary has already been inducted into the Illuminati and is busy covering up the alien visits. You don’t really think Dick Cheney wanted to spend more time with his family, do you? :dubious:
Lynchings in the United States didn’t come to an end because of legislative action, the diligence of law enforcement, or the willingness of prosecutors and judges to put lynchers behind bars. Thanks to the efforts of folks like Ida B. Wells and organizations like the NAACP and the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching the act of lynching became less and less socially acceptable. Lynching was on the decline in the 1930s which was certainly long before the Feds gained the ability to really do anything meaningful about lynching.
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I think Obama discovering Time Travel and going back to run against himself is much more likely that Joe Biden delivering a convincing speech. Or managaing to not say something stupid every time he opens his mouth.
You forgot to mention that the ragtag skinheads gather a huge force of followers, heavily armed, who steal nuclear arms from Pakistan, and then take the U.S. Congress and Supreme Court hostage. Then they put a proxy in place of Biden, and get a law passed that allows them to disband all U.S. military and become the new armed forces. Jury nullification (as well as free speech) becomes irrelevant, as they change the Constitution, and all traditional legal notions are abandoned. Except for the conditions that inspired the Third Amendment, which is also rescinded and any skinhead can walk into your house and demand free food and boarding.
Then you wake up and go home to have meatloaf with ketchup.
And I get a free pet unicorn.
So my question is: “What do I feed my new unicorn?”
Virgins. (For some reason, the legends never mention why unicorns like virgins.)
But the DJ clause is what makes it impossible for the prosecution to appeal an acquittal, which is the entire basis for the power of jury nullification. That’s why nullification only works in criminal trials and only in one direction. Whether or not the DJ clause is also applicable to bench trials is irrelevant.
Unicorns are, by definition, always horny…
Of course, a Pres. Biden eloquent and beloved enough to get draconian gun controls laws enacted would be more than enough to reinstall the Fairness Doctrine, which would nullify the social impact that talk radio and its TV offspring would provide. When the right-wing have their wack-job ideas challenged directly they tend to a lot less convincing.
Mister Biden has guns, you know.
And a son named Hunter.
Kudos for the Manchurian Candidate reference. You beat me to it!
Yes, but that wouldn’t be a problem if you’d answer yourself too, Rumsfeld-style.