cyberdad wrote:
LoveNotHate wrote:
The juries I've been on, people are like, "Let's give that woman some money".
Laws don't matter, facts don't matter. The jury decides all that.
Emotion plays.
I thought the judge decides on the compensation?
The jury is given a checklist.
A. Was the defendant negligently defamatory .... blah blah blah (Kentucky specifically as a lower standard)...?
B. Enter Actual Damages
C. Was the defendant grossly defamatory .... blah blah blah?
D. Enter Punitive damages
The jury can do whatever they want.
It's very emotional. These are random people off the street.
If they want, they can enter in 10 billion dollars actual damages, and 100 Billion in punitive damages.
That's why this being in "MAGA Country" Kentucky matters.
In one of my civil trials, the jurors knew the lady defrauded an insurance company, however, they were like "F*CK" this insurance company, and decided to give her money anyways.
Facts don't matter, law doesn't matter. The jury can do whatever they want.
So, you see, WAPO and CNN trying to stop this before it gets to a jury.
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