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Juries are the "finders of fact". That's the phrase often used anyway.
by trainfromkansas 4mo ago
Juries are the "finders of fact". That's the phrase often used anyway.
- j16sdiz 4mo agoHow Jury in USA work is: Judge ask a question, Jury tell the count what they found the "fact" is, based on what is presented in court. They just can't "found" something when they are not asked. If you tell the count you found something because you saw something outside the court, that would consider invalid.
- trainfromkansas 4mo agoPractically speaking, since the jury is composed of multiple individuals, they're set up to express their "findings" via a strictly parameterized form where they check boxes or give numerical inputs. In its more colloquial sense, I can see why you prefer to call that "answering" questions rather than "finding" facts. However, it's silly to quibble over the parent thread's author's usage of "found" when it's the dominant phrasing used in the legal system.