She committed robbery three times in four years. The first time she got nine months in jail. The second time she got 10 months in the slammer. The third offense meant facing life in prison. Yes, Cross committed these crimes.
Prosecutors say the law's the law.
If you were on the jury and chose to vote not guilty, you would be engaging in what's called jury nullification. Although jury nullification isn't spelled out in the Constitution, many attorneys and law professors say the right to it is implied more than once. Jurors deliberate in private and don't have to defend their decision. A not guilty verdict in a criminal trial cannot be overturned regardless of the evidence against the defendant if the jury is sympathetic to the defendant or disagrees politically with the way the case was tried. Jury nullification is lauded by the public especially in hindsight when juries refuse to convict someone under a criminal law later ruled unconstitutional.