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Originally Posted by Damien
That sounds like someone, CPS maybe, messed up.
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That would be the Procurator Fiscal's office, have you never watched Taggart?
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Originally Posted by Osem
Maybe this should be in another thread, but what I'm getting at is not a case in which there's little or no doubt about guilt. I suppose I'm just wondering what would happen if a jury decided, at the end of a really complex trial which would normally be expected to result in days or even weeks of deliberation, decided to save themselves the bother by just immediately agreeing on a verdict. Who, if anyone's, job would it be to determine if the jury has taken their job seriously?
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Nobody's. What goes on jury, stays on jury, so to speak. A properly directed jury can do no wrong. That is an ancient principle. As the jury can do no wrong, there is no need for oversight.