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[โ€“] JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You're not required to have a jury (as you mentioned), and the current lawyer meta for "complicated" cases (such as cryptocurrency cases that are seen as too technical or boring) is to request a bench trial.

A relatively recent example is Trump's civil fraud case, where the prosecutor requested a bench trial. It was rumored that the defence attorney forgot a checkbox to make it a jury trial, but in reality they just chose not to file a motion.

I was talking about criminal bench trials. I skipped right over civil because there isn't a guilty verdict as an outcome. Yes, I know it is very nitpicky.