> Juries don't have any legal authority, but they can absolutely add whatever they want to their ruling, even if it isn't proper decorum. > I'm sure it's happened before, but I heard a story once from a defense attorney about a case that went on for weeks where the defendent was found non-guilty. The jury must have thought there was no way the guy was guilty so they said something to the court like "And we can finally go home after wasting our time here." The defense attorney was proud of that at least, but I doubt the judge was happy. Yes, juries can say whatever they'd like in making a ruling. Other than the verdict, nothing else carries legal weight. What I meant by my initial statement was just that - juries can't ***do*** anything other than rule on a charge. Adding commentary to a ruling (at least in the US) would cause nothing else to happen, which is what OP was asking.