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Why do juries andcan judges have different powersnot set aside jury verdicts of acquittal?

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Michael Hardy
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Powers of juries and judges

Would it be correct to say that the reason why judges do not have power to set aside a jury verdict of acquittal in a criminal case is precisely that that would violate a right to a trial by jury? Would there be other reasons besides that?