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Jury nullification, i.e. deciding on the law itself is a right of juries. It is not true that juries can only decide the facts of a case.
by gnaritas 12y ago
Jury nullification, i.e. deciding on the law itself is a right of juries. It is not true that juries can only decide the facts of a case.
- jrs235 12y agoJury nullification affects only a single case. It does not affect or determine the law. A side effect is that it may cause prosecutors to stop enforcing certain laws and/or cause the legislative branch to reconsider a law and rewrite it or get rid of it.
- gnaritas 12y agoI didn't say it determined the law, and of course it affects only the single case. The point is they're allowed to make their decision based on whether they feel the law itself is just, not just on the facts of the case.
- couchand 12y agoAnd I didn't say the jury can't make such a ruling, only that it isn't their role. Which it isn't. Technically I suppose they are "allowed to" in that they aren't explicitly barred from doing so, but really that's just taking advantage of a privileged position.