Juries have many times chosen to take a more holistic view of the law, determining that sometimes prosectution is not in the public interest, known as jury null

Juries have many times chosen to take a more holistic view of the law, determining that sometimes prosectution is not in the public interest, known as jury nullification. See especially the case of a British leaker: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Ponting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Ponting