Apparently, it’s rare for lawyers to draw objections during their opening statements, but it happened twice for Trump’s team today and the judge sustained both objections.

MSNBC Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-XetPGnx0M

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    7 months ago

    they won’t “hold up the delivery of a verdict” lol, what, jury nullification occurs when on juror votes against the majority, rendering any agreement impossible, leading to a mistrial, or in some cases a complete reversal

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      7 months ago

      Jury nullification is when the entire jury finds someone not guilty when they clearly are. A mistrial or a jury failing to render a verdict is not jury nullification.

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        7 months ago

        This. If it’s a hung jury they aren’t found “not guilty”. They can be retried. If the jury collectively renders a not guilty verdict, they can’t be tried again.