And that is the point where we, the People, step in and vote not guilty on the jury. Jurors absolutely have the power to declare guilt or innocence no matter what the evidence says, and all it takes is one to get a mistrial.
Except by the time it gets to a jury, you've already had all of your wealth stripped, spent months or years in jail, been smeared in the media and had your relationships strained or destroyed, and had your ability to find gainful employment in the future diminished.
I admire the principle of a guilty man going free over an innocent man being punished.
But, in some places in the US, absolutely guilty men are walking free and innocent men are being punished.
Then the system doesn't work, there is no system.
And that is the point where we, the People, step in and vote not guilty on the jury. Jurors absolutely have the power to declare guilt or innocence no matter what the evidence says, and all it takes is one to get a mistrial.
Except by the time it gets to a jury, you've already had all of your wealth stripped, spent months or years in jail, been smeared in the media and had your relationships strained or destroyed, and had your ability to find gainful employment in the future diminished.