• TechyDad@lemmy.world
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    With a jury of 12 people, you could still have 1 person decide Trump’s guilt. Say the trial ends and the jury goes to deliberate. 11 people say he’s guilty. 1 guy says Not Guilty and refuses to budge no matter what. That one holdout could decide whether or not Trump is found guilty - even if it’s because the holdout is a hardcore MAGA fan that got onto the jury.

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      1 year ago

      Those jury selection hearings would’ve been entertaining though. With the attorneys trying to quickly sort out who is a maggot and who isn’t and squabbling over it.

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      It would result in a hung jury and a mistrial.

      Which would likely result in retrial, not letting trump off the hook. (It is possible the judge lets it drop? But unlikely.)

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        Problem is that retrials vastly favor the defendant, because now they have the prosecutors arguments as well as the evidence and it becomes easier to tailor the defense.