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The whole point of the jury is determining whether or not these laws are even reasonable in the first place.
by linuxftw 7y ago
The whole point of the jury is determining whether or not these laws are even reasonable in the first place.
- maxlybbert 7y agoThe courts do their best to discourage jury nullification, but it is important to remember that after Colonial American juries regularly failed to convict people for particular crimes, the British government would instead charge people for those crimes in Britain. That was listed in the Declaration of Independence as one of the king’s abuses: “For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences.”
- linuxftw 7y agoIndeed. This knowledge has been withheld from the public for generations, hidden in plain site. We have to educate each other.