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In reply to the discussion: Judge Loose Cannon declares Trump NOT GUILTY [View all]
no_hypocrisy
(54,959 posts)59. As a judge, you can't change the law in jury instructions.
Especially when an acquittal can't be appealed.
If the Cannon jury instruction stays in, the jury has just one option: to ignore it and perform jury nullification, which can't be appealed.
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Read the article. You are right. Don't think this is as nefarious as folks will believe.
Silent Type
Mar 2024
#22
Too bad they don't have pictures of them together at Mara a lago or a record of their telephone calls.
kimbutgar
Mar 2024
#28
Bradley Moss explained the best way the 11th Circuit will deal with her without a writ of Mandamus.
ancianita
Mar 2024
#32
Here are Cannon's "Preliminary Proposed Jury Instructions and Verdict Forms on Counts 1-32 Only"
ancianita
Mar 2024
#33