To: Zon
Your miss here is that you're assuming it's the same jury. In every state I know of (convenient dodge for when somebody contradicts me) the sentencing trial is a seperate trial with a new jury. It's usually a very short trial where the prosecution shows pictures of the crime scene and the defense brings in character witnesses to attest to how abnormal this act is for the defendant. I think this seperation of duties is done to help insure impartiality in both considerations.
87 posted on
06/24/2002 10:00:16 AM PDT by
discostu
To: discostu
Are you for or against jury nullification? If in favor, look deeper and you'll see the connection to attaining honest justice.
96 posted on
06/24/2002 10:34:22 AM PDT by
Zon
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