Sentences with phrase «jury nullification during»

● Should I bring up jury nullification during jury selection?

Shut up about jury nullification during voir dire and deliberations or you could be excluded or removed from the jury, leaving the defendant with no fully informed juror who will acquit.

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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.

During contentious deliberations, the trial judge in U.S. v. Thomas dismissed Juror Number 5 — the only black juror in a trial of all black defendants — based on the belief that Juror Number 5 was engaging in jury nullification and would not convict the defendants under any circumstances.