Jury nullification and Luigi Mangione’s murder defense | CNN
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  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
    6·
    4 hours ago

    The jury makes a decision on both separately.
    Charging with both gives the jury 2 options. If they don’t think it was premeditated and planned enough to convict on 1st degree, they can choose to convict on 2nd degree instead.

    If the prosecution only charged him with 1st degree, the jury wouldn’t have any other option. And if acquitted on 1st, he couldn’t be tried again under 2nd degree.

    • Z3k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      So time/money saving excersize? Don’t get 1st saves doing the whole circus again for 2nd

      Thanks