If there is a jury trial and an objection is sustained how do people on the jury dismiss what was said? Can one put that comment aside?
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The judge will instruct the jury to disregard it in the moment. He or she will also issue jury instructions before they go to deliberate, and may remind them at that point what they are and are not to consider when reaching a verdict.
But… jurors are people and don’t always follow instructions. The judges do the best they can and jurors generally decide who they believe then pick the facts that fit the outcome they believe is just.
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