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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
We don't know, because juries don't give verdicts of "nullified because we think this law is inapplicable to this situation." They come back with "guilty" or "not guilty," and don't have to explain why.
How many "not guilty" verdicts seem to contradict the evidence or the law?
While the right of jury nullification is part of our legal rights ( http://www.fija.org/docs/state_langu...lification.pdf) and has been upheld, it's also been ruled that judges have no requirement to inform juries of this right ( http://www.askthelawguy.info/images/moylan.pdf) ... apparently, they have to discover it on their own.HOWEVER:
So they have the right to nullify, but not the right to be told they have this right. |
And with several generations being raised with "civics education" classes that somehow manage to NEVER MENTION jury nullification, just when, where and how are all these potential jurors gonna learn of their right to do so??? Hmmmm....
That's just part of the whole concept of current education philosophy. Right along with explanations that the Bill of Rights is NOT a list of what citizens
can do but what government is
specifically prevented from denying to citizens.
Yep. No conspiracy on the part of judges, lawyers, educators and politicians here. Move along, there's nothing to see here.
Derek