• ObliviousEnlightenment
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    2 years ago

    It’s so dumb that an appeal for a mistrial can get the whole case thrown out rather than simply retried with a different judge

    • rhombus
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      32 years ago

      Most mistrials are retried from the beginning. I imagine it’s mostly the cases that involve misconduct on the judges behalf that get throw out, as that’s a strong argument for a 6th Amendment violation.