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Judges can aquit the defendant if the state fails to make a prima facia case.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Iowa Constitution’s Due Process Clause Bars Propensity-to-Commit-Crime Evidence 2010

ShelbyC: Judges can aquit the defendant if the state fails to make a prima facia case.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Iowa Constitution’s Due Process Clause Bars Propensity-to-Commit-Crime Evidence 2010

Judges can aquit the defendant if the state fails to make a prima facia case.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Iowa Constitution’s Due Process Clause Bars Propensity-to-Commit-Crime Evidence 2010

ShelbyC: Judges can aquit the defendant if the state fails to make a prima facia case.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Iowa Constitution’s Due Process Clause Bars Propensity-to-Commit-Crime Evidence 2010

I served on a jury a little over a year ago in DC that voted to aquit someone of a drug crime, in spite of the horribly inept defense counsel in the case who tried to get us to reasonable doubt in his closing with an unreasonable argument that relied on him either not being able to tell left from right, or assuming the jury could not.

Bête Voir 2006

I would also aquit any defendent who is shushed by a judge when he or she is trying to present his or her defense.

EFF cracks Secret Service code 2005

A lot of people try to cite cite statististical arguments to aquit us of fear reminding us that the statistical chances of our lives being lost in a terrorist attack is sic small and yet the statistical chance that any terrorist act in a familiar landscape will infiltrate our fears is overwhelming.

Reasons to be Fearful (Part 3) 2006

A lot of people try to cite cite statististical arguments to aquit us of fear reminding us that the statistical chances of our lives being lost in a terrorist attack is sic small and yet the statistical chance that any terrorist act in a familiar landscape will infiltrate our fears is overwhelming.

A Couple Good Links from Japan 2006

I suspect that the jury will at times choose to aquit simply because of reasonable doubt.

Searching For Proof Of Resistance To Rape 2006

We know how some people tend not to be truthful to exit pollers after voting... so how honest are people going to be when defending their decision to aquit a child molestor or a murderer?

The "C.S.I. effect." Ann Althouse 2005