I'm finding some interesting tidbits as I slowly expand my online reading, which is happening mostly on Facebook. Today I came across
this article about a legal defense strategy that basically involves telling the jury "I know it was against the law, but it was something that I just had to do," and hoping that jury agrees with you
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So democracy would then indicate that if a jury of one's peers does not think one is guilty, one is, by definition, innocent and should not be punished. As judgy as most people are these days, I think that's probably pretty rare.
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