June, age 17 , drove irresponsibly, caused an accident, which killed a passenger in June's car. June is on trial for vehicular manslaughter, which in

June, age $\mathrm{17},$ drove irresponsibly, caused an accident, which killed a passenger in June's car. June is on trial for vehicular manslaughter, which in that state carries an automatic sentence of no less than ten years in jail. The jury is certain that June "did it$."$ but refuses to follow the jury instructions and decides to return a verdict of not guilty. The jury's rationale is that June can still be sued for damages and that an automatic sentence of ten years for June would be far too much, both for her and for society, also. Choose the correct statement: