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Re:California Gov Newsom commutes death sentences for all 54... by 0cf8612b2e1e on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:31PM (#50385426)
When I served on a jury (minor drug charge), the judge explicitly told us not to think of sentencing and only to determine innocent or guilty.
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Re:California Gov Newsom commutes death sentences for all 54... by TheCoelacanth on Thursday November 05, 2026 @06:18PM (#50385954)
Judges in the US have gone completely off the rails.

The constitution puts no limits on the power of a jury to acquit someone and it's absolutely despicable that judges have tried to usurp that authority under that pretext of following the rule of law.

If we want to make it harder for juries to acquit someone, then that should be written in the law; not invented by judges.

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