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To: Michael.SF.
One of the best changes we could make in our judicial system would be to allow the juries to vote "not proved". This would then allow murderer's like OJ to be retried

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.

74 posted on 05/08/2007 10:38:02 PM PDT by ReignOfError (`)
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To: ReignOfError
Yes, by all means, let's find a way to get around that pesky Constitution.

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.

83 posted on 05/08/2007 10:58:54 PM PDT by Michael.SF. ("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
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