Originally Posted by Cheyenne
Originally Posted by ElkSlayer91
Originally Posted by Oakster
The jury will be asked to base this on a reasonable persons thoughts and concerns....

The jury will be asked to base this on a reasonable persons thoughts and concerns render a verdict on the testimony and evidence, and no more....


The jury also is required to accept the law in accordance with the jury charges given by the judge, which includes any charges accepted in Texas and could well involve the discussion of a reasonable person standard as a component of self-defense law. The jury cannot just listen to the testimony and evidence and filter it through whatever it thinks the law may be or should be.

Uh, yeah, I'd think most intelligent people reading would understand you "apply" the law to the testimony and evidence, thus no need to write every minute detail.

But....there is something called jury nullification for those laws the citizens feel are wrong, and the jury does have final say, most of the time.


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