Sentences with phrase «jury nullification occurs»

Jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a verdict of «Not Guilty» despite its belief that the defendant is guilty of the violation charged.

Jury nullification occurs when a jury acquits a defendant they believe to be guilty by nullifying one or more laws that they believe should not apply to the defendant.

Jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a verdict that is the opposite of what the jury believes or the verdict it was instructed to return by the court.

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This incident occurred at the temporary south entrance of the courthouse, where Occupy Denver activists have been distributing jury nullification fliers on weekday mornings, 7:30 - 9:00 am, without incident since moving from the main doors.

Jury nullification is an unusual concept within the criminal law, since it effectively acknowledges that it may occur that the jury elects in the rarest of cases not to apply the Jury nullification is an unusual concept within the criminal law, since it effectively acknowledges that it may occur that the jury elects in the rarest of cases not to apply the jury elects in the rarest of cases not to apply the law.

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Here is the federal government's position: «[T] he defendant's advocacy of jury nullification, directed as it is to jurors, would be both criminal and without Constitutional protections no matter where it occurred» [emphasis added].