John VanSickle <evi### [at] kosherhotmailcom> wrote:
> On 8/11/2012 5:52 AM, andrel wrote:

> > There is still a chance that he will get away with is with a light
> > sentence.

> There is a chance that the jury will refuse to convict him.

Doesn't the American judicial system grant the judge the right to veto
the jury's decision if it's clearly against the law? (In other words,
even though the accused has been unambiguously established as having
committed the crime, and the law unambiguously establishes a minimum
punishment for such a crime, the jury, for whatever reason, absolves
the accused for a reason not supported by the law. It could happen, and
I'm pretty sure it has.)

Or is this only in some special cases?

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                                                          - Warp

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