evidence: Fact Check: Judge Merchan did not tell jury unanimous verdict wasn’t needed to convict Trump [...] David Alan Sklansky, co-director of Stanford Criminal Justice Center, told Reuters that it is not uncommon in criminal cases for judges to not require unanimity on the details of how a charged crime was committed. But, "It is wrong to say that the judge told the jury they don’t need unanimity to convict. He told them that in order to convict Trump of a crime, they need to agree unanimously that he is guilty of that offense," Sklansky said in an email. [...] Back to the Top © Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305-8610 | https://law.stanford.edu/press/fact-check-judge-merchan-did-not-tell-jury-unanimous-verdict-wasnt-needed-to-convict-trump/