Sentences with phrase «worded jury nullification»

HB 1270 AS AMENDED: Provides judges must give precisely worded jury nullification instruction: «If you have a reasonable doubt as to whether the state has proved any one or more of the elements of the crime charged, you must find the defendant not guilty.

HB 1333 Provides judges must give precisely worded jury nullification instructions that include the jury's power to «veto bad laws».

Not exact matches

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

Jury nullification is an unpopular legal concept with a judicial system meant to crank out fines and jail sentences, but the US Supreme Court has affirmed the right of juries to think beyond their allotted jury instructions and the right of citizens to spread the word about that super-judicial discretJury nullification is an unpopular legal concept with a judicial system meant to crank out fines and jail sentences, but the US Supreme Court has affirmed the right of juries to think beyond their allotted jury instructions and the right of citizens to spread the word about that super-judicial discretjury instructions and the right of citizens to spread the word about that super-judicial discretion.

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-...]

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

So much so that, six months ago, if you had said the words «jury nullification» to me, my first response would have been that the power of juries in this country is increasingly being nullified by settlements, plea bargaining, and anything done to ensure that a case isn't presented to a dozen «wild card» members of the citizenry.

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.

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.

But the court had harsh words as far as jury nullification.

Billboard advocating jury nullification concerns local prosecutors Prospective jurors who take the subway to D.C. Superior Court and exit near the National Building Museum see these words: «Good jurors nullify bad laws» and «You -LSB-...]