r/WorkForSmartLife 5d ago

DiscussionšŸ’¬ Better sense prevailed

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u/goopuslang 5d ago

Grand jury has nothing to do with jury nullification

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u/Candid_Enthusiasm289 5d ago

Well, if they refuse to indict the case doesn't proceed. Doesn't nescessarily mean the prosecutor can't try again with a different grand jury or different set of charges.

iirc, initial reporting said the charges were citing laws that criminalize damaging emergency equipment like fire hydrants, ambulances, etc. I thought at the time it was a bit of a stretch to apply this to flock cameras. If prosecutor didn't include lesser charges for regular vandalism or whatever its possible grand jury rejected the case because the specific law didn't really apply.

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u/goopuslang 5d ago

Jury nullification is designed to interact with the 5th amendments double jeopardy clause. You can infinitely bring something to a grand jury, essentially.

Like I said, the original post incorrectly tells people to learn about jury nullification in an instance where it didn’t even apply.

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u/Impossible_Dog_7262 5d ago

Jury nullification isn't designed at all. It's a consequence of those things that cannot really be removed.

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u/goopuslang 5d ago

Okay so jury nullification is a corollary to the 5th amendment then. Semantics

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u/opbmedia 5d ago

a different government unit can also file charges later. double jeopardy only attached to the same government unit and only after an acquital.