Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
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Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#2I wonder what portion of jurors know what jury nullification is? I've always thought I could simply utter those words and get out of any jury duty. Not that I would, I would love to serve on a jury.
I also wonder how many HN readers would be allowed on a jury?
Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#3CGP Grey has a video discussing jury nullification, for those interested in a further explanation of the subject: https://youtu.be/uqH_Y1TupoQ
Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#4If jury nullification doesn’t exist, then juries are pointless
Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#5I wonder what portion of jurors know what jury nullification is? I've always thought I could simply utter those words and get out of any jury duty. Not that I would, I would love to serve on a jury. I also wonder how many HN readers would be allowed on a jury?
Why in the world would HN readers not be eligible to serve on a jury.
I was on a jury trial when a spouse of a prosecutor office employee was allowed on. People drastically overestimate what will get you moved out of the pool.
Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#6Is jury nullification the ultimate trump card? From what little I know about it, it seems that if enough people in a community knew about it, they could 100% control what crimes are punished in that community. On face value, that makes a sort of sense intuitively, but obviously it has to be balanced against crimes that are in principle clearly wrong, despite what a local community believes.
Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#7I wonder what portion of jurors know what jury nullification is? I've always thought I could simply utter those words and get out of any jury duty. Not that I would, I would love to serve on a jury. I also wonder how many HN readers would be allowed on a jury?
Why in the world would HN readers not be eligible to serve on a jury. I was on a jury trial when a spouse of a prosecutor office employee was allowed on. People drastically overestimate what will get you moved out of the pool.
Depends on the case. I served on a jury with a very surprised former deputy US Attorney.
In general, they don’t like technical people on technical cases. My employer is known to pay for jury duty, so I always get picked.
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#8"Picard says he'll be back to his advocacy now that the case has concluded, though it remains to be seen how the government will answer the above questions."
Hero.
Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#9Is jury nullification the ultimate trump card? From what little I know about it, it seems that if enough people in a community knew about it, they could 100% control what crimes are punished in that community. On face value, that makes a sort of sense intuitively, but obviously it has to be balanced against crimes that are in principle clearly wrong, despite what a local community believes.
This is why attorneys get to ask questions of potential jurors and ask for them to be excused.
Re: Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case
#10I wonder what portion of jurors know what jury nullification is? I've always thought I could simply utter those words and get out of any jury duty. Not that I would, I would love to serve on a jury. I also wonder how many HN readers would be allowed on a jury?
Why in the world would HN readers not be eligible to serve on a jury. I was on a jury trial when a spouse of a prosecutor office employee was allowed on. People drastically overestimate what will get you moved out of the pool.
> People drastically overestimate what will get you moved out of the pool.
If you say in voir dire that you wouldn't vote to convict even if the person is guilty, you're not going to get put on a jury.