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The Coulston Four outcome wasn't the result of jury nullification, the defendants were acquitted because they had a lawful defence. I suppose it's possible tha
by M2Ys4U 4y ago
The Coulston Four outcome wasn't the result of jury nullification, the defendants were acquitted because they had a lawful defence.
I suppose it's possible that the jury found that they found the defendants guilty of breaking the law but returned a "perverse verdict" anyway (jury deliberations are secret after all), but their behaviour certainly had the possibility of being lawful and the jury were directed to decide whether or not it was lawful.
- intunderflow 4y agoMaybe, I guess we'll never know as their deliberations are secret but I can see what you mean. A better example would have been for me to use the case of Extinction Rebellion and Shell: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/23/jury-acquits-extinction-rebellion-protesters-despite-no-defence-in-law https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/23/jury-acq...