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    I Wonder Why..

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4681891.stm

    The judge in the railtrack corporate manslaughter trial has ordered the jury to find all men charged not guilty but could not make public his reasons for doing so - I wonder why.

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    Originally posted by John Galt
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4681891.stm[/URL]

    The judge in the railtrack corporate manslaughter trial has ordered the jury to find all men charged not guilty but could not make public his reasons for doing so - I wonder why.
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      #3
      I wonder why . . .

      A judge is allowed to order a jury to return a specified verdict.

      Why bother having a jury?
      The vegetarian option.

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        #4
        Originally posted by wobbegong
        A judge is allowed to order a jury to return a specified verdict.
        Normally in cases where in the judge's expert opinion the evidence is weak or non-admissable (and arguably the case should not have gone to trial at all), the jury has been prejudiced, or there are technical objections on the points of law involved. Quite rightly too, otherwise defendants can be fixed up on ropey evidence.

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