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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5067317" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>What do you base that on?&nbsp; It&#039;s also a judge&#039;s right to set aside a verdict if the judge feels that the jury got it wrong.&nbsp; Of course the judge would have to most likely justify his position to an appeals court if appealed.&nbsp; The problem we&#039;ve seen in recent years is juries ignoring the law in order to free someone for no other reason than he looks like them.&nbsp; There is no law that says juries have a fundamental right to ignore the law so it&#039;s up to the judge to either set aside a verdict or let it stand.&nbsp; If there&#039;s an angry mob outside that agrees with the jury it&#039;s highly likely the judge will let it stand.&nbsp; That has caught on and now we have mob rule in many instances.&nbsp; Don&#039;t like that a kid defended himself with deadly force at a riot over a police shooting?&nbsp; Threaten to take pictures of jurists with the implied intent of bodily harm if they don&#039;t reach the right verdict.&nbsp; Fly in a Congresswoman who implies there will be violence if they don&#039;t get what they want.&nbsp; It&#039;s only a fair trial if the mob standing outside says so.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5067317, member: 24302"] What do you base that on? It's also a judge's right to set aside a verdict if the judge feels that the jury got it wrong. Of course the judge would have to most likely justify his position to an appeals court if appealed. The problem we've seen in recent years is juries ignoring the law in order to free someone for no other reason than he looks like them. There is no law that says juries have a fundamental right to ignore the law so it's up to the judge to either set aside a verdict or let it stand. If there's an angry mob outside that agrees with the jury it's highly likely the judge will let it stand. That has caught on and now we have mob rule in many instances. Don't like that a kid defended himself with deadly force at a riot over a police shooting? Threaten to take pictures of jurists with the implied intent of bodily harm if they don't reach the right verdict. Fly in a Congresswoman who implies there will be violence if they don't get what they want. It's only a fair trial if the mob standing outside says so. [/QUOTE]

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