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Europe isn't a single place. Some countries do, some don't. I don't think I've ever heard of a jury trial in Netherland, but France, Belgium and the UK apparently still have it.


Some countries in Europe also don't have the same concept of double jeopardy that the US has and allow retrials even if someone is found not guilty. Off the top of my head, in England you can be retried for murder if new evidence is presented as many as ten times.


Scotland even has the famous "third verdict" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_proven


Is this remarkable? I see "acquitted by lack of evidence" in India and think its the same.


In the US "acquitted by lack of evidence" is not a legally distinct verdict, just guilty or not guilty, even if the jury provides justification.




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