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no_hypocrisy

(46,253 posts) Fri Jan 24, 2020, 08:13 AM Jan 2020

Jury Nullification [View all]

Jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a verdict of "Not Guilty" despite its belief that the defendant is guilty of the violation charged. The jury in effect nullifies a law that it believes is either immoral or wrongly applied to the defendant whose fate they are charged with deciding.

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/nullification.html

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Jury Nullification [View all] no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 OP

But, if the jury has been threatened with public disgrace if they vote guilty... Frustratedlady Jan 2020 #1

Why yessss, they ARE that corrupt. NCLefty Jan 2020 #2

Yes. However, new story today about Trump threatening to put any no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 #3

Yes, that is the quote I was referring to and should have spelled it out. I had just seen it. Frustratedlady Jan 2020 #8

They are so deep into the corruption... kentuck Jan 2020 #4

Oh,hell yes. GeorgeGist Jan 2020 #7

I would think that 20 or so Jurors who broke . . . . Iliyah Jan 2020 #5

That's actually what they WANT people to think FBaggins Jan 2020 #6