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> or if they are incapable of finding one of the possible verdicts I hope you are aware of "jury nullification" and FIJA: https://fija.org/ https://fija.org/
by cr0sh 8y ago
> or if they are incapable of finding one of the possible verdicts
I hope you are aware of "jury nullification" and FIJA:
https://fija.org/ https://fija.org/
Now that you are aware - and assuming you are in the United States - you can tell the judge this during voir-dire and the selection process. You will be dismissed.
There's also a good chance you'll never be called by the system again for possible jury selection.
I did this once about 10 years ago where selection went to voir-dire; I let the court know I was in support of FIJA. I was dismissed, and I haven't been called back since (while my wife has been hit about 4-5 times since then; but it always has ended up either not going to voir-dire, or her group not being called in to come down to the court).
Yet another example of the failure of our legal and justice systems; by not fully informing the jury that "yes, Virginia, you can decide to not convict if you don't believe the law is just", they seek to strip away one of the many rights we have a jury members under the Constitution.