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Comment by jfengel

16 days ago

Not in the US. In Scotland, until this year, there was a "not proven" verdict, which was more or less what you just said.

The effect was the same as "not guilty", but there was an idea that allowing the jury to express doubt allowed them to avoid erring on the side of guilt. But it also confused people so they finally got rid of it.

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