1. Legal and Judiciary Diversity
In the 16th century, examples are to be found of various prerogative courts undertaking to punish jury who found verdicts manifestly against the evidence.11 A very well-known case on this matter was Bushell's case.12 Before this case, the judge would wield a lot of power over a jury's decision and effectively coerce it into making the decision that he felt was appropriate in the circumstances, regardless of whether this was the verdict that the jury wanted to return or not. ... It was held that the court had no power to pre-empt the jury's verdict by directing it to convict and ...
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