• ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    This means that legally, a jury can say GTFO to jury instructions set by judges.

    Only when it comes to acquittals though, which aren’t appealable. Those decisions can and will be reversed in civil cases or if people convict inappropriately. You mentioned as much by noting double Jeopardy but I still think it’s an important distinction that makes it irregular.