jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 8 months ago"My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very endwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1396cross-posted to: usnews@lemy.lol
arrow-up1396external-link"My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very endwww.salon.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square68fedilinkcross-posted to: usnews@lemy.lol
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-28 months agoI was on a jury in Texas in 2019 and we were tasked with both. First part: Based on the facts you have been presented, do you think defendant did X? If yes Second part: You have determined that defendant did X. Now determine the punishment That second part was by far the more difficult of the two
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoThe judge gets to decide the sentence here.
minus-squareJaysyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoThe judge that Trump has insulted & threatened for the past 7 weeks.
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoI know. The original post sounded pretty universal so I was giving an example of how some states do it differently.
I was on a jury in Texas in 2019 and we were tasked with both.
First part: Based on the facts you have been presented, do you think defendant did X?
If yes
Second part: You have determined that defendant did X. Now determine the punishment
That second part was by far the more difficult of the two
The judge gets to decide the sentence here.
The judge that Trump has insulted & threatened for the past 7 weeks.
I know. The original post sounded pretty universal so I was giving an example of how some states do it differently.