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Just got my first jury summons (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Should I Be Normal™ in the chance it would let me nullify an unjust conviction, or simply deliver a communist diatribe during the selection process

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

the jury's deliberation takes days

That depends on the case. Some cases will be over before lunchtime today. Now if you try to nullify chances are they will force you to deliberate until lunch tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It would take longer than that to get the whole jury on board to nullify or agree not guilty, and if you can't, a hung jury wouldn't be declared until days later

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The trial I was on I hung the jury and the total time from the start of the trial to declaring the jury hung was a day and a half.