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Originally Posted by kane
I think this is why often the DA will pick the biggest charges they can and throw as many charges as possible at someone so they can always fall back to lesser charges.
I don't know if the jury can just come back and say, "guilty of manslaughter," but they do have an option for lower charges if they want.
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A compromise verdict is a crutch for an indecisive jury to say he was sorta guilty. It allows them to walk away without really making a decision.
It allows a prosecutor to shoot for a big charge while hoping for a lesser conviction he might not have gotten if the lesser charge was what the defendant was actually being charged with.
The jury decision should be black/white not in the big gray area.
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