Posted by Paul Hyett on 11/06/06 08:35

In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Citizen Bob wrote :
>
>>> and, in any event, a judge can
>>>always enter judgment non obstante verdicto ("not withstanding the
>>>verdict").
>
>>Since when? Why even bother having juries if that was the case?
>
>That British nanny who was tried for that little kid's death was
>exonerated by the judge when the jury returned a murder conviction.

I thought that he was referring to a judge overruling a jury to pass a
guilty verdict, rather than vice versa.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

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