tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post8481920904738287252..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Oh, You Won't See Him No MoreAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-78309291557259003522008-10-06T16:50:00.000+02:002008-10-06T16:50:00.000+02:00That's the beauty of the jury system. Attorneys ca...That's the beauty of the jury system. Attorneys can challenge jurors' appointment if they think they'll be prejudiced and the judge can instruct them in the letter of the law and what can and cannot be taken into consideration when deciding a verdict. Once they get in that room to deliberate, all bets are off.<BR/><BR/>If the judge decides that there is insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict, or that the verdict is not within the letter of the law, he or she can overrule it. That's what they're there for. That's why they get to sit higher than everyone else in the room. <BR/><BR/>One can only assume that the judge felt the jury had based their verdict on the evidence presented and so let it stand. That is, after all, what Ito did in the murder case despite overwhelming evidence of O.J.'s guilt. <BR/><BR/>If the jurors went through the usual selection process and claim that they were not prejudiced by his previous acquittal, and arrive at a verdict with which the sitting judge agrees, we have to take them at their word and accept that justice was done. And if the defense disagrees, that's why we have the appeals process.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281817151011619011noreply@blogger.com