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Pessimism growing in Trump's inner circle that a hush money guilty verdict is inevitable
(www.rawstory.com)
Apparently, it's rare for lawyers to draw objections during their opening statements, but it happened twice for Trump's team today and the judge sustained both objections.
MSNBC Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XetPGnx0M
I will continue to remind everyone getting sucked in by these ridiculously optimistic headlines, that it only takes one juror on the take to nullify any verdict, and if you don't believe that's in play, I would like to have some of whatever it is you are smoking.
A single juror can hold up the delivery of a verdict, but they can't "nullify" it after it's been delivered.
To clarify: In jury nullification the verdict doesn't get nullified. The law does. The scenario of jury nullification involves a guilty defendant going free due to the juror's principles--and it's immaterial whether those principles are founded in reason, truth, morality, sound jurisprudence, or sanity.
Unfortunately so. Like I would do my best to jury nullify any marijuana case. But the history in jury nullification is allowing racists to do lynchings. Repugnant.
they won't "hold up the delivery of a verdict" lol, what, jury nullification occurs when on juror votes against the majority, rendering any agreement impossible, leading to a mistrial, or in some cases a complete reversal
Jury nullification is when the entire jury finds someone not guilty when they clearly are. A mistrial or a jury failing to render a verdict is not jury nullification.
This. If it's a hung jury they aren't found "not guilty". They can be retried. If the jury collectively renders a not guilty verdict, they can't be tried again.