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Comment by jdsully

10 months ago

That's basically the entire premise behind a jury trial.

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aussieguy1234  10 months ago

Well that's the intent anyway.

In reality, the jury has to follow the law as written and there are gaps with various consequences.

If they try to make some ruling outside of the law, it would just get appealed and oveturned.

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