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> "But are you suggesting the laws that penalise stealing classified information are unfair and should be abolished (like slavery laws in the past)? I think the
by Voloskaya 7y ago
> "But are you suggesting the laws that penalise stealing classified information are unfair and should be abolished (like slavery laws in the past)? I think these laws must exist."
Where did OP suggest that? Jury nullification is specifically a case by case judgement, not a broad statement.
- cm2187 7y agoI am referring to the wikipedia definition (I had to look it up, I had not heard the term before) [1] Jury nullification (US) or a perverse verdict (UK) generally occurs when members of a criminal trial jury believe that a defendant is guilty, but choose to acquit him anyway because the jurors also believe that the law itself is unjust,that the prosecutor has misapplied the law in the defendant's case,or that the potential punishment for breaking the law is too harsh. I don't think the law is unjust or misapplied, just that the sentence should give him credit for the public interest aspect of the revelations. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification