• atomicorange@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You don’t need to convince fellow jurors, you don’t need to convince the judge. Vote your conscience and shut up about the reasons.

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        7 months ago

        Ideally, yes, convince your fellow jurors. But if you can’t… a mistrial is still good. A new trial means a chance to change strategy with more information. Witnesses forget things, start changing up their stories. And there’s a chance the state will not retry - trials are expensive and time consuming, and a successful prosecution becomes less likely with each mistrial.

        If you want to vote not guilty, you can. For whatever reason you choose.