Sentences with phrase «encourage jury nullification»

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While courts do not acknowledge or encourage jury nullification, judges take «no steps... to prevent jurors from nullifying, jurors are not subject to legal sanction for nullifying, and verdicts that are the result of nullification are not subject to review» (Hreno, at para. 2)

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Terrie Best points to a website, www.Fija.org (Fully Informed Jury Association) where the public is encouraged to read about jury nullification, its history and why our forefathers set up the jury of twelve peers trial system in order to protect against tyranny of governmJury Association) where the public is encouraged to read about jury nullification, its history and why our forefathers set up the jury of twelve peers trial system in order to protect against tyranny of governmjury nullification, its history and why our forefathers set up the jury of twelve peers trial system in order to protect against tyranny of governmjury of twelve peers trial system in order to protect against tyranny of government.

«This Court has referred to the jury's power to nullify as the citizen's ultimate protection against oppressive laws and the oppressive enforcement of the law» and it has characterized the jury nullification power as a safety valve for exceptional cases... [H] owever,... recognizing this reality that a jury may nullify is a far cry from suggesting that counsel may encourage a jury to ignore a law they do not support or to tell a jury that it has a right to do so...

Nearly a week after the fact, the New Hampshire Union Leader is finally reporting on last week's jury nullification in Doug Darrell's case: Jury clears NH man of felony pot charge A Belknap County Superior Court jury cleared a Barnstead resident of a felony drug charge last week, siding with a defense lawyer who encouraged -LSB-jury nullification in Doug Darrell's case: Jury clears NH man of felony pot charge A Belknap County Superior Court jury cleared a Barnstead resident of a felony drug charge last week, siding with a defense lawyer who encouraged -LSB-Jury clears NH man of felony pot charge A Belknap County Superior Court jury cleared a Barnstead resident of a felony drug charge last week, siding with a defense lawyer who encouraged -LSB-jury cleared a Barnstead resident of a felony drug charge last week, siding with a defense lawyer who encouraged -LSB-...]

Palin was also one of just three governors in the country to issue a proclamation in support of «Jurors» Rights» day, an event sponsored by the Fully Informed Jury Association, which encourages the doctrine of jury nullificatJury Association, which encourages the doctrine of jury nullificatjury nullification.