Sentences with phrase «specific jury nullification»

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.

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 years - long legislative efforts to compel New Hampshire judges to issue specific jury nullification instructions continues now with the threat of impeachment added should the trial judges obey a recent state supreme court opinion on the subject.

I mentioned earlier this week about efforts to impeach New Hampshire judges who declined to issue specific jury nullification instructions to juries.

New Hampshire House member wants judges to use specific jury nullification words or have a mistrial

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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.

In all criminal proceedings, the court shall permit the defendant to inform the jury of its right to judge the facts and the application of the law in relation to the facts by providing a specific nullification instruction to the jury.

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.

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

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.