Jury Nullification: The Embodiment of This Principle Jury nullification occurs when a jury decides that a defendant shouldn’t go to jail, regardless of what the law says. Heres how it embodies the principle we started with: By nullifying a law, people who don’t coerce others stop the excesses of those who do. This is a very old practice and one that is explicitly recognized in US law. The problem with nullification is that law enforcers—people who use force on others—don’t like it. In fact, they’ve worked hard to prevent jurors from knowing about it. And in the Ulbricht trial, they’re trying very hard to make sure the jurors never find out about it. These prosecutors recently filed a motion to make sure that Ulbricht’s attorneys never mention the subject.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 14:54:38 +0000
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