Felony ickiness

[supergee]

John Edwards is GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY but probably didn't violate any laws. Charles Pierce sympathizes with a jury that has to express that in the limited language of verdicts.

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[onyxlynx]

Not unlike the one jury I experienced, whose verdict in a sane world should have been "You sued the wrong doctor."

[supergee]

My father was on a jury and reported, "We all agreed: Everyone was guilty and should get maximum sentences. But the judge said we couldn't do it because it was a civil case."