A dissenting opinion is an opinion of a judge who disagrees with the outcome and reasoning employed by the court majority. A. True B. False

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Chaz Cummings

15 August, 08:41

A dissenting opinion is an opinion of a judge who disagrees with the outcome and reasoning employed by the court majority. A. True B. False

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Van Barber · Answer 1

That statement is True.

Explanation:

In a Jury trial, the judge only play the role as some sort of moderator to ensure that the trial run properly. The judge is not the one that make the verdict, the juries do.

So, there will be some cases where the decisions made by the juries is not aligned with the judge's opinion. In such situation, the judge could create a dissenting opinion. It is some sort of paper that the judge makes to explain his position. He will the legal reason why he doesn't agree with the Juries' opinion. This opinion will be posted for the public to see so we can make better judgement in the future.