Thank you for taking the time to share your insight, knowledge.
My question is jury nullification. I just recently heard of this. The way I understand it is I have a right as a citizen and jury member to look at the facts of the case against the defendant AS WELL AS the actual law that is being utilized.
If I disagree with the way the law is being use by the prosecution/state then I can with a good conscious still find the defendant not guilty due to the misuse of the law. Am I correct in my understanding?
If it is correct, why is the actual judicial instruction never say that? (I've been a juror twice in my life and never heard those instructions to actually put the law itself under microscope just the 'facts presented').
Is jury nullification something we should learn more about and where do you suggest we go to find credible, reliable information.
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Thank you for taking the time to share your insight, knowledge.
My question is jury nullification. I just recently heard of this. The way I understand it is I have a right as a citizen and jury member to look at the facts of the case against the defendant AS WELL AS the actual law that is being utilized.
If I disagree with the way the law is being use by the prosecution/state then I can with a good conscious still find the defendant not guilty due to the misuse of the law. Am I correct in my understanding?
If it is correct, why is the actual judicial instruction never say that? (I've been a juror twice in my life and never heard those instructions to actually put the law itself under microscope just the 'facts presented').
Is jury nullification something we should learn more about and where do you suggest we go to find credible, reliable information.
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