Examiner Bio ‘Fine’, like ‘taxation’, is another word for theft
I know someone who was on a municipal jury very recently. Through negligence (or possibly a third party’s mischief) a city ordinance was violated and harm was caused to the property of another. This juror I speak of was under the impression that she was required to agree with the other jurors just because “we had to all agree on something; one person couldn’t disagree or we wouldn’t reach a verdict”.
The defendant was obviously responsible for the damages. Not even he really claimed otherwise. He should have paid restitution and that should have been the end of it. However, that was not among the options the jury was presented with. “Guilty” or “not guilty” were the choices, and, if guilty, how big a “fine” must he pay?- and “zero” was not allowed. The “city” suffered no harm and was due no restitution, and certainly wasn’t owed any loot because of someone else’s misfortune. Restitution to the actual injured party wasn’t on the table and was “a separate issue”, sayeth the judge. The injured party will have to sue this man for restitution, according to the judge, if they wish to be compensated.
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