Yes, by all means, let's find a way to get around that pesky Constitution.
There already is a "not proved" option. It's called a mistrial. Any non-unanimous verdict.
They are called "Amendments, it has been done before. 27 times as I recall, the last being in 1992. But I assume you did not know that.
There already is a "not proved" option. It's called a mistrial. Any non-unanimous verdict.
I should not have to explain something this simple. But a judge declares a mistrial, not a jury. In England, when a judge gives his instructions to the jury, he tells them they have the option to vote "not proven". Our juries do not have this option. I simply was stating that I believe they should.