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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by padheyam on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @12:47AM (#32394254)
India had its face-palm moment when the jury acquitted a jealous husband of murder of his wife's lover and abolished jury trials soon after. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._M._Nanavati_v._State_of_Mah...)
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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by lesuorac on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:23AM (#32396406)
Skimming the wikipedia page the Jury's acquittal sounds reasonable as the murder wasn't premeditated.

The guy is trivially guilty of killing somebody (enough evidence + admission) but just because somebody killed somebody doesn't mean they are guilty of any specific law (i.e. driving while intoxicated or in this case premeditated murder). You do still need to charge them for the proper law.

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IIUC, the US gets around this problem by just trying people for multiple crimes at the same time and the jury can render verdicts on each of them.

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