| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7089 Registered: 8-2001 |
I used to have a scrund about the American justice system, and many people, Americans and others, still have it. What is it? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3559 Registered: 1-2007 |
Sentencing relevant? Definition of a life sentence? Attorneys relevant? Juries? Judges? Appeals? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7092 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3559 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 10:15 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Sentencing relevant? no Definition of a life sentence? no Attorneys relevant? no Juries? yesJudges? yes Appeals? no | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3561 Registered: 1-2007 |
Jury selection relevant? Did you think the judge picked the jury? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7094 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3561 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 10:52 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Jury selection relevant? no Did you think the judge picked the jury? no | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14317 Registered: 4-2010 |
Different levels of court relevant? Grand juries? Alternates? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3562 Registered: 1-2007 |
Anything to do with the judges instructions to the Jury before they retire? Would one be more likely to have this scrund as a result of seeing a murder/criminal trial, a civil suit, divorce proceedings? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7095 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14317 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 12:10 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Different levels of court relevant? no Grand juries?{no} Alternates? no Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 3562 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 2:51 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Anything to do with the judges instructions to the Jury before they retire? noWould one be more likely to have this scrund as a result of seeing a murder/criminal trial, a civil suit, divorce proceedings? You can have this scrund without seeing any trial, & seeing a trial would probably not promote it but might dispel part of it if it were a criminal trial or civil suit. Divorce proceedings are irrel | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14353 Registered: 4-2010 |
The defendant(s) relevant? "Innocent until proven guilty" relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7098 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14353 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 8:44 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The defendant(s) relevant?yope or yesish "Innocent until proven guilty" relevant? no or noish | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4140 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the scrund that someone in the justice system: do something they don't? don't do something they do? Has a power they don't? Or vice versa? Any people except judges and juries relevant? Can it be said that the scrund is about certain people in the system? Or (a) certain rule(s)/procedure(s) in the system? Laws relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7099 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4140 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 7:48 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund that someone in the justice system: do something they don't?see next answer don't do something they do?see next answer Has a power they don't? noish Or vice versa? yesAny people except judges and juries relevant? no Can it be said that the scrund is about certain people in the system? see next answer Or (a) certain rule(s)/procedure(s) in the system? yesLaws relevant? yes | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4170 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think a judge didn't have a power s/he has? A jury didn't have a power they have? Jury nullification relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7102 Registered: 8-2001 |
Galfisk (Galfisk) New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4170 Registered: 9-2009 Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 - 2:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did you think a judge didn't have a power s/he has? yesA jury didn't have a power they have? possibly Jury nullification relevant? yope, but the puzzle could work even if there were no such thing as jury nullification | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7106 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Do you watch "Law & Order"? If so, you probably don't have this scrund. | ||
| Kdoc (Kdoc)
New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1212 Registered: 7-2001 |
so you thought a judge was not able to do something that actually they can? or not allowed to do something that actually they can? does it relate to something they can say? to the jury? to the lawyers? to the court generally? to the press? to the defendant? does it relate to something they can do? does it relate to a power they have to overrule a decison made by someone else? by the jury? does it relate to a decision they can make about the way a trial runs? where it runs? who can watch? how it can be reported? when it starts and stops? does it relate to the length of the trial? stopping it? releasing the defendant? does it relate to the question of innocence or guilt of the defendant? does it relate to the way a jury behaves? who is on a jury? what they are allowed to say? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7110 Registered: 8-2001 |
Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 1212 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 7:45 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) so you thought a judge was not able to do something that actually they can? yes or not allowed to do something that actually they can?yes does it relate to something they can say? see next answer to the jury? see next answerto the lawyers?see next ansdwer to the court generally? yesto the press? see previous answer to the defendant?yesish does it relate to something they can do? yes does it relate to a power they have to overrule a decison made by someone else? yesby the jury? yes does it relate to a decision they can make about the way a trial runs? no where it runs? no who can watch? nohow it can be reported? no when it starts and stops? no does it relate to the length of the trial? nostopping it? noreleasing the defendant? yesish does it relate to the question of innocence or guilt of the defendant? yope does it relate to the way a jury behaves? no who is on a jury? nowhat they are allowed to say? no ******* SPOILER *********** Clever Hannah to the rescue!! In the USA, a judge can override any jury verdict, except a verdict of innocence in a criminal trial. The book where I read this also said that other countries use juries much less than the US does. How is it in your country? Sorry this puzzle was so easy, but it involves an interesting little fact--& now I get to post a new puzzle! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14416 Registered: 4-2010 |
I didn't know that -- doesn't that kind of defeat the point of a jury? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1653 Registered: 2-2011 |
that must be why they hand the verdict to the judge on a piece of paper before the foreman announces it in all the American films. I always wondered about that... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4247 Registered: 9-2010 |
me too...I didn't know that! | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 7139 Registered: 8-2001 |
Balin (Balin) New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14416 Registered: 4-2010 Posted on Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 10:35 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) I didn't know that -- doesn't that kind of defeat the point of a jury? Yes or maybe yesish, because judges rarely use this power &, as I mentioned, they can't override a verdict of innocence in a criminal trial. Shez (Shez) New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1653 Registered: 2-2011 Posted on Monday, August 22, 2011 - 7:59 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) that must be why they hand the verdict to the judge on a piece of paper before the foreman announces it in all the American films. I always wondered about that... No, the jury verdict is alwats announced. Then the lawyer who loses can say, "Motion to set aside the verdict" if it's not a verdict of innocence in a criminal trial. In any case, the jury verdict is never concealed. Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin) New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4247 Registered: 9-2010 Posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 12:32 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) me too...I didn't know that! | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1505 Registered: 9-2010 |
I was told the reason they hand the verdict to the judge on a piece of paper is to prevent confusion over what the foreman said. For instance, there was a story in Canada (where apparently they aren't required to hand it over on a piece of paper) where the foreman said "We find the defendant *clears throat* guilty" and they heard it as "We find the defendant not guilty" and released him. Eventually, they figured it out and had him arrested and thrown in jail, but his lawyer managed to get the conviction thrown out. Could just be an urban legend though. |
