In interviews, Simon has put his cards on the table, calling the war on drugs "a venal war on our underclass" and promising to vote to acquit any drug suspect if ever called up for jury service.
Research showing that Russian juries are nine times more likely to acquit defendants than judges sitting alone led to a decision to revert to non-jury trials for all cases save murder.Meanwhile, three Asian countries are going the other way.
Eventually, DNA evidence helped to acquit Mr Cruz, who now wants compensation for the years he spent in prison.Jim Ryan, who detests George Ryan (even though they are not related), was already behind his Democratic opponent, Rod Blagojevich, in the opinion polls.
What jury would acquit a suspect if his prints matched those found at the scene of a crime?
He admits enough of its iniquities to inspire confidence in his readers and omits enough to spare their sensibilities, while asserting, at the same time, the virtues which acquit the British of really criminal imperialism.
Rafael Vargas, the minister of the presidency, says that its decision to acquit the alleged coup plotters "could set the country on fire".
The prosecutor already faced acute political pressure to acquit Mr Trichet, whose future services to France are likely to be invaluable.
That defence worked well for Ms Gruenstrass: a jury voted to acquit her on all charges in less than three hours after the prosecution could find not a single witness who claimed ownership of the material in question.
Moreover, to the electorate it would appear little different from the Democrats' alternative a vote first to acquit, and then a resolution of censure.
They argued that the vote to prevent them from presenting the bank records as evidence was tantamount to a vote to acquit Mr Estrada.
But the Republican-majority Senate broke with Jefferson and voted to acquit, signalling that the standard must be greater than mere ideology.
