• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    That’s not a good prosecution strategy. I can remember multiple cases that were acquittals because they overcharged.

    One is the Casey Anthony case, where they charged her with Capital murder, when they couldn’t even determine a cause of death. As a juror, I’m not sentencing a young woman to the death penalty for murder, when they can’t even tell me how the child died.

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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      3 months ago

      they are hoping to have jurors dumb enough to charge for even 1 crime, if they overcharge people, especially with multiple ones. thats why its usually the people chosen for jurors, are people that dont speak up, retirees, or fully paid employees.