While it's true we don't want juries nullifying casually, it would be a great loss if they never did it at all. The jurors are the only people in the system wh

While it's true we don't want juries nullifying casually, it would be a great loss if they never did it at all. The jurors are the only people in the system who are not answerable to anyone else -- not the appellate courts, not the DA, not the voters. When the system is corrupt, as at various times and places it certainly has been and continues to be, jury nullification is in some cases the only way a just verdict can be reached. No, it's not perfect, but neither is the system it's intended to counterbalance. I believe that the possibility of jury nullification is the most important reason that the Constitution guarantees a trial by jury.