Don't Miss This One Key Detail In The Trump Trial Judge's Instructions To The Jury
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The jury has finally gone to deliberations in the first-ever criminal trial of a former president.
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New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan gave the jurors in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial their most important directive on Wednesday morning: how, procedurally, to decide the outcome of the case.
Reading from the 55-page set of jury instructions, Merchan somberly told members of the 12-person panel that the responsibility of evaluating the evidence presented at trial rests with them.
He then explained next steps, including what jurors must agree on — and what they do not have to agree on.
The specific language of the jury instructions was haggled over at length last week by attorneys for both the defense and the prosecution, given the instructions’ inherent power in shaping how the jury comes to a verdict.
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