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This is also in response to a similar recent case where the judge added on terrorism charges after the jury already decided the defendant was guilty of minor charges.
Perhaps this jury was aware of that and voted against conviction because they don't believe these activists deserve terrorism charges.
Inshallah/ojalá
Does the UK have jury nullification?
For that matter, wondering about EU, as well.
I don't think any country in the EU has jury trials
Yes, Palestine Action was also acquitted by a Jury but then the UK regime did a retrial where they censored all details about the case to the jury, and (like this case) only asked the jury whether the protesters engaged in vandalism. Then they used a legal loophole to slap terrorism charges on top of the guilty verdict.
There's no low the UK regime won't stoop to for Israel so they'll likely force a retrial here as well.
Heaven forbid!
It will be lovely, good, and pure if this case gets the other convictions vacated, somehow.
Yep, we call it jury equity. This has been a point of much contention in regards to protest cases in the recent years, starting with some XR cases, JSO ones and now Palestine Action ones. People have been arrested for holding signs telling jurors their rights, using wording from a plaque that's in one of our highest courts. Here's some background from a group that's protesting against the quashing of this right and potential removal of jury trials: https://defendourjuries.net/about-doj/
Ohhh, brilliant share! Thank you!
The prosecution can say what they like, if you feel they did nothing wrong then not guilty is a pretty reasonable choice to take.
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