[don-o]

My first reaction to law about juries reducing the charges was that it gives juries way too much authority, beyond their capabilities.

Suggest you look into the concept of jury nullification. Juries have a lot of power.

[Uncle Chip]

So based upon what the judge just read there was a lot of scuffling on the grass before Jenna Lauer decided to make the call, then it took 30 seconds to connect and then the 45 seconds of screaming.

So how long was the scuffling —

[Eva]

We aren’t talking about nullification. We are talking about reducing charges, for instance from second degree to manslaughter. It cannot be done in Florida or New York. Jury nullification amounts to the same thing, all or nothing.

I was thinking that it is a good thing that the jury does not have that option in this case because the reduced charges would give the jury a way to please the press and some of the public without the government really proving their case.