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That's a good point Jinx. But the Judge that directs the jury is. And the appeals process is governed and administrated by officials.
Incidentally: how many appeals are death row convicts allowed to make, and on what grounds can they make them? Anyone here know?
Also, is it the jury that decides the sentence over there? Or do they just deliver the verdict?
Over here our jury reaches a verdict of guilty or not guilty, but it's the judge who then sentences: they are strictly governed on what sentences can and should be applied, with some crimes carryng mandatory sentences. Mandatory sentences are decided by the legislative process, which is of course, governmental.
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