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In the US, juries decide facts, judges interpret the law

In the US, juries decide facts, judges interpret the law

Posted May 8, 2012 16:24 UTC (Tue) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020)
In reply to: In the US, juries decide facts, judges interpret the law by job
Parent article: Google guilty of infringement in Oracle trial; future legal headaches loom (ars technica)

If all you know about the jury system is what you've read in the news, then I'm not surprised that you find it strange. All news outlets are biased - at least toward what they think you will be interested in hearing about. The news is certainly not how you should learn about how some process normally works.


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