Sentences with phrase «discusses jury nullification»

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In 2014, the House considered HB 1452 (discussed here) which proposed to replace the language of RSA 519:23 - a and more explicitly require that the jury be informed of the concept of jury nullification.

HB 246 was discussed in the previous post mentioned above, and would have added an additional provision to RSA 519:23 - a that the refusal by a judge to administer jury nullification instructions be considered maladministration, an impeachable offense.

In the letter, he discusses his plans for an appeal based in part on the instructions against jury nullification given by the judge to the jury.

Linda Bentley of Arizona's Sonoran News discusses historical and modern uses of jury nullification.

Further, it is clear that Mr. Lamb's comments had no effect on the juror or the jury pool because nullification or anything of that nature was not discussed during jury deliberations or at any time.

Meanwhile, the 2017 New Hampshire jury nullification bill (HB 133), that includes the specific wording / language judges are to use in instructing a jury, was approved in mid-February by the House (discussed here) and remains pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Efforts to permit or require judges in criminal cases give jury nullification instructions (discussed here) have now been introduced in a third state this session.

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Second, the rarely discussed spectre of jury nullification has the potential to nudge its way into the Semrau case.