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Posted by Nilet on Sun Mar 29 13:56:22 2015, in response to Re: George Zimmerman Is WRONG, posted by Dand124 on Sun Mar 29 12:46:39 2015. Ah, so what Bingbong said was:The entire point of a jury is to render a verdict. If they find something nobody thought up and it survives appeal....that's a precedent setting. From there, it becomes established law as it is used in subsequent decisions. That statement is accurate. The key phrase is: "and it survives appeal." A jury nullifying is a one-off thing of dubious legitimacy to begin with. An appellate court's ruling sets precedent. If the jury nullifies and an appellate court rules that their verdict is valid nonetheless then that does set precedent and becomes established law. Or rather, established case history, which my family full of lawyers insists is totally different but having not gone to law school is basically the same to me. |
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