Dems should also make this trial about condemning Rs who acquit

[intrepidity]

I hope they can somehow make it very uncomfortable for the Rs when they have to vote.

It's easy to make the case against Trump. He did that to himself.

But this case should also draw bright a spotlight on those who will acquit Trump.

[Dream Girl]

1. I think that's the plan

[consider_this]

2. It is for their own good to convict him...

apologies to the DUer who made this comment elsewhere, but it stuck with me... s/he asserted that if they let *rump off the hook, he will for sure make another party and they will be SOL.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. That would be akin to jury nullification.

A jury's knowing and deliberate rejection of the evidence or refusal to apply the law either because the jury wants to send a message about some social issue that is larger than the case itself, or because the result dictated by law is contrary to the jury's sense of justice, morality, or fairness.

Jury nullification is a discretionary act, and is not a legally sanctioned function of the jury. It is considered to be inconsistent with the jury's duty to return a verdict based solely on the law and the facts of the case. The jury does not have a right to nullification, and counsel is not permitted to present the concept of jury nullification to the jury. However, jury verdicts of acquittal are unassailable even where the verdict is inconsistent with the weight of the evidence and instruction of the law.

See U.S. v. Thomas, 116 F.3d 606 (2d Cir. 1997).


https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/jury_nullification

[FBaggins]

4. Also?

That has probably been the primary purpose from the beginning.