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.
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.
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?
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.
I expect in this case the prosecution would consider it worth the time and expense, but
I am pretty certain jury verdicts have to be unanimous or it’s a mistrial, so, yeah, that’s a reasonable thing to think
The fact that they are going through social media history makes this significantly less of a risk, but it’s still a risk.
There are plenty of stupid people who are not active on social media.
Outside of Lemmy, I’m not on social media… and I like to think of myself as pretty stupid.
Same
On the plus side this is New York, the city that knows him best. And they fucking hate him.
Florida can keep him
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.