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On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:27 AM, Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Nick Vinson <nvinson234@×××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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>> Criminal Case. The defendant may appeal a guilty verdict, but the |
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>> government may not appeal if a defendant is found not guilty. Either |
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>> side in a criminal case may appeal with respect to the sentence |
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>> that is |
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>> imposed after a guilty verdict. |
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>> Source: |
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>> http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/appeals |
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>> So in short, if you are found not-guilty in a lower court it's over. |
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>> There's nothing more the US government can do. |
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> Well, the US government does lots of dumb things... :) |
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> However, verdicts generally aren't issued by a judge in the US. |
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> They're usually issued by juries, and this is part of why they're not |
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> appealable. We don't really have juries in Gentoo. I'm not convinced |
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> having them would make things better. |
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The constitution forbids issues of fact from being appealed once made |
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by juries, except "according to common law". |
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Issues of fact (as opposed to issues of law) in general are given great |
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deference to the trial court by the appeals process. |
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As far as "juries", in essence comrel itself acts as a jury. |
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> Rich |
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