He can if the judge has grounds to beleive that the jury's decision violates the law. Can a judge overoule a jury? Does a judge over rule a jury?
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wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_a_Judge_overule_a_jury
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I recognize that your plans are not yet fully formed, but it is important to begin this discussion immediately, before you reach a final decision. I will be sending formal invitations in the coming weeks and look forward to hearing the testimony of your administration. Tom DeLay's Long History With Dancing With The Stars...
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Jun 20, 2002 When Can a Judge Throw Out a Jury's Verdict? And what's to stop him from doing so every time he disagrees with the jury's decision? He may never overrule a jury that acquits a defendant and then himself declare...
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www.slate.com/id/2067185/
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Jury nullification means making a law void by jury decision, ..... The judge can, however, overrule the jury and reduce the penalty from death to life if he...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury
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Juries decide questions of fact; judges decide questions of law. A judge may overrule a jury's decision in some situations, but that is unusual. Decisions by judges and juries can be appealed to higher courts.
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www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-08-30-voa1.cfm
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Perkin-Elmer Responds to Judge's Decision to Overrule Prior Jury Verdict in Liti - NORWALK, Conn.--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 9, 1998--As previously reported...
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www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-53379294.html
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Since 1976, Alabama judges have overruled jury verdicts and imposed the death factual findings statutorily required before a death sentence can be imposed. The decision struck down statutes that permitted a judge, without a jury,
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www.eji.org/eji/deathpenalty/override
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College Station attorney Robert Swearingen, who represented GKG, said he intended to ask the judge to overrule the jury's decision. Scherr said he believed that GKG's plans to ask the judge to overrule the jury was "just an additional waste of the parties' time."
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www.theeagle.com/local/Jury--Internet-firm-must-pay--30...
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Judge Cox emphasized in the second charge that the jury could return a partial verdict without agreeing on all 18 defendants, and courthouse observers speculated that this may have been an important element in today's decision.
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