Sentences with phrase «jury nullification bill»

A related jury nullification bill (HB 1333) was rejected 16 - 0 in committee.

on New Hampshire: House approves 184 - 145 jury nullification bill; judges would have to instruct jurors using specific language set by legislature

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.

Jury nullification bill won't move this session

We have word from Alaska State Contact Frank Turney that a hearing is scheduled for Alaska's jury nullification bill as follows:

We have word from Alaska State Contact Frank Turney that a hearing is scheduled for Alaska's jury nullification bill as follows: HB 315 Monday, 14 April 2014 1:00 pm Alaska time State Capitol, Room 120 Call in number: 1-800-468-2186 Those who can't call in may e-mail the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee: [email protected] This -LSB-...]

The jury nullification bill is HB 315.

Alaska's jury nullification bill had a hearing before the House Judiciary committee yesterday.

Not exact matches

Advocates of jury nullification did their best to improve a bill expanding a jury's ability to nullify laws, but the bill won't be making it to a vote this session.

Alabama bill would require judges give and post jury nullification instructions in courthouse or be arrested and impeached; «judges are the chief competition to the jury»

She said several changes to the bill would ensure that jury nullification is clearly protected.

In 2012, the same session in which HB 146 was passed, two other bills, HB 1247 and HB 1397, were also considered that included more explicit provisions for jury nullification instructions.

Two other Oregon bills would change the way the courts handle juries in criminal cases, mandating the use of jury nullification instructions.

The New Hampshire House yesterday approved on a 184 - 145 vote a bill to require judges give specific jury nullification instructions to jurors in criminal cases

The bill is just the latest in a 20 - year effort by the state's legislature to force judges to give jury nullification instructions and do to so with specific verbiage.

Texas this week becomes the 4th state this legislative session to consider a bill to permit or require judges give a jury nullification instruction.

A similar bill without specifying what words were to be used was enacted in 2012 only to have the state's supreme court rule that the law did not require a specific jury nullification instruction.