During court, when something happens and the judge tells the jury to ‘forget that’ or ‘not include that,’ if the jury heard it, how could I, as someone on the jury, possibly just ignore what I heard? Whether the evidence is admissible or not.

  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    7 hours ago

    I would guess they declare a mistrial and have to start over with a new jury. This is one of the reasons justice is slow