jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 4 months ago"My juror": Trump believed a loyalist on the jury could save him, until the very endwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down11
arrow-up1192arrow-down1external-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 · 4 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 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-squareCatOnTheChainWax@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoWhat was the process like of determining the punishment? I didn’t know that was a potential duty that juries could be tasked with.
minus-squareathos77@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe judge gets to decide the sentence here.
minus-squareJaysyn@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe judge that Trump has insulted & threatened for the past 7 weeks.
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
What was the process like of determining the punishment? I didn’t know that was a potential duty that juries could be tasked with.
The judge gets to decide the sentence here.
The judge that Trump has insulted & threatened for the past 7 weeks.