Sentences with phrase «exercise jury nullification»

Had one juror considered and opted to exercise jury nullification, this man would be alive today.

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«Jury nullification is a curious paradox: it is the jury's prerogative to disregard the law without actually committing an unlawful offense in doing so; its exercise is literally illegitimate (contrary to law) but practically legitimate (allowed by lJury nullification is a curious paradox: it is the jury's prerogative to disregard the law without actually committing an unlawful offense in doing so; its exercise is literally illegitimate (contrary to law) but practically legitimate (allowed by ljury's prerogative to disregard the law without actually committing an unlawful offense in doing so; its exercise is literally illegitimate (contrary to law) but practically legitimate (allowed by law).

«Jury nullification is the de facto ability of the jury to refuse to apply the law as instructed by the court, choosing instead to acquit out of compassion or compromise or because of the jury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.&raJury nullification is the de facto ability of the jury to refuse to apply the law as instructed by the court, choosing instead to acquit out of compassion or compromise or because of the jury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.&rajury to refuse to apply the law as instructed by the court, choosing instead to acquit out of compassion or compromise or because of the jury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.&rajury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.»

Even though nullification is a power that juries have already exercised, New Hampshire was the only state to propose such a law.

These include legislation, prosecutorial charging guidelines, court challenges, jury nullification, the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in the absence of offence - specific charging guidelines, and the exercise of judicial discretion in sentencing.

While prosecutors and judges typically frown on such verdicts and prefer to keep this right secret from jurors so they can not exercise it, there is nothing illegal about jury nullification and jurors can not be punished for their verdicts.

If so, this could be just a thuggish attempt to intimidate people from exercising their right to talk about jury nullification.