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Thank you We sneak then here's your shmoop du jour

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brought to you by civil suits The fanciest kind of

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courtroom attire which is fine may appeal a court verdict

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And here the potential answer After losing a trial we

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might feel a bit dissatisfied with the outcome Sure we

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could take to the message boards and complain about how

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they didn't pay off all that interesting stuff from earlier

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seasons or a faces of the trial but have no

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fear for the appeal is near can one the loser

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in a civil suit appeal of verdict losers in both

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civil and criminal cases are able to appeal verdicts that

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don't go their way call it a judicial do over

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that means that one and four can ditch their loser

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status and take another shot at the court case crown

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is appealing a verdict and option for to the winner

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in a civil suit Well if a winner in a

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civil suit thinks they weren't awarded enough for damages usually

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in the form of monetary compensation they can appeal for

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a chance to get more bang for their buck What

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about three the government prosecutor after winning a guilty verdict

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Will the prosecution can also appeal a sense after a

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guilty verdict if it thinks the sentence or punishment is

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too light for the darkness of the crimes committed so

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if both winners and losers can be sore losers Well

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that makes either correct answer in the american judicial system

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no matter how badly one gets burned in the light

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of the law one can always appeal for a chance 00:01:29.044 --> [endTime] Well put more skin in the game

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