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Originally Posted by signupdamnit
Wow I did not know that was on the table and that a jury could do that. That's definitely what I would do - manslaughter and possibly false statements depending on whether I could justify it with the evidence. I always had thought it was entirely up to the DA as to what the charges would be and what they could be convicted of.
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I was doing a little research about this and it appears that juries have the option of convicting defendants of a lesser charge, but not a greater charge. So in this case they can't convict him of Murder 1, but they do have the option of convicting him of manslaughter.
I don't the procedure on how that works, but it is an option for the jury.