[3956] in Central_America
Re: New quotes for Fri Dec 20
rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rnewman@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Mon Dec 23 15:48:02 1991
A hung jury IS a mistrial. The state is free to re-prosecute with
a new jury if it so chooses. There's no double-jeopardy issue.
Since I might some day want to serve on a jury, I'm not going to state
in this public forum whether jury nullification is a good idea, or
whether I'd always vote to acquit people of a particular crime. I don't
have complete confidence that nobody who reads my words will ever have
the power to disqualify me from a jury.
