Jury Nullification

Jury Nullification: History, questions and answers about nullification, links. What is Jury Nullification? Jurors Can Say No. Jury Nullification. Jury Nullification Jury nullification, or, as it is sometimes known, "jury nullification of the law," is defined in Black's Law Dictionary as the de facto power a jury in a criminal case possesses to acquit a defendant regardless of the strength of the evidence against him or her. The practice has been going on since the early days of the republic, with nullifying jurors being regarded alternately as heroes and anarchists.

Type in "jury nullification" on your computer, and your Internet search results will be virtually infinite, with law professors and organizations like "Fully Informed Jury Association" providing their respective views. Part One "If the dope peddlers of America think the acquittal of John DeLorean in August 1984 means the legal system has taken a kindly attitude toward drug trafficking, they just don't understand the tradition of American and English juries. ...

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