No fucking clue, they shouldnt be
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FishFace@piefed.social 1 day agoWhy is the judge able to exclude evidence?
Comment on Jury unanimously acquits Churchill statue spray-painter
FishFace@piefed.social 1 day agoWhy is the judge able to exclude evidence?
No fucking clue, they shouldnt be
I encourage you to look it up :)
KeithD@lemmy.nz 21 hours ago
That’s part of their job. Anything that’s more prejudicial than probative, anything that isn’t relevant to the charges, anything that has no verifiable source, that all gets tossed if the judge is doing their job. And that’s not an exhaustive list.
locahosr443@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Yeah which is a good thing for fairness, and then the fact the jury decided based on more than what was allowed alone was also a representation of a public desire for real justice
I think everyone played their roles
FishFace@piefed.social 20 hours ago
And so the judge decided in this case that the defendants motivations were similarly not relevant.