What happens when a jury rejects charges against someone, but a judge chooses to sentence that person based on those charges anyway?
For this week's Case in Point, @josephcneff looks into this practice through the lens of Gregory "Boy Boy" Bell's case.https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/07/23/punished-for-crimes-not-proven?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sprout&utm_source=twitter …
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Listen to @josephcneff talk about this week's Case in Point on @TheTakeaway:https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/jury-throws-out-charge-against-you-judge-sentences-you-anyway/ …
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