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Ideally, courts are concerned with legality, not morality.


Civil jury cases are concerned with both. If you commit an illegal act, but with a seemingly moral reasoning behind it, you may only suffer a light punishment. Now, if you are found guilty and your actions and behavior is found detestable by the jury the penalty will be far more harsh within the statutes.


All of this hinges on being found guilty of an illegal act, not a legal albeit immoral one.




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