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Comments by "" (@sinoroman) on "Rittenhouse verdict: Reactions mixed | Rush Hour" video.
or, we can get rid of the jury system like what India did. India used to have a jury system until the system was thrown out
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“For those who haven’t seen Rustom or any of the other dramatizations of the trial, in 1959, Naval Commander N. K. Nanavati shot and killed his wife’s lover. He then turned himself into the local police and was put on trial for murder. Although many states had moved already to severely limit or eliminate jury trials, the Bombay Sessions Court administered one of the few jurisdictions where juries were still employed in serious criminal cases. After hearing the case, the jury there voted overwhelmingly, 8-1, to acquit Nanavati. The presiding judge declared the verdict ‘perverse’ and the case was sent up to the High Court where the verdict was overturned. The jury’s failure to convict Nanavati, it is often argued, led directly to the abolition of jury trials throughout the country.”
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