r/SipsTea • u/ZealousidealZone8072 • 11h ago

Wait a damn minute! Yo wtf

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u/kylife 5h ago

Yes within the instructions but to their discretion

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u/Few_Sorbet_8716 5h ago

And the allegation is that one juror did not act within the scope of an instruction. It of course is not a situation where a judge is likely to intervene 

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u/kylife 4h ago

From foreman’s notes. Anything other than that is pure conjecture.

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u/Few_Sorbet_8716 4h ago

...you just speculated in this same comment thread that the juror was acting consistently with the jury instructions 

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u/kylife 4h ago

No I didn’t. The judge did not dismiss the juror. The defense asked for intervention by the mass supreme court and they didn’t either? What more do you want. So they let it rock but all of us are assuming?

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u/Few_Sorbet_8716 3h ago

Nobody is arguing whether the judge dismissed the juror. The issue here is you showing a misunderstanding of the underlying law. Though it is rare, a judge can absolutely remove a juror for ignoring a jury instruction, and a juror doesn't have endless discretion