On some of those days in November I believe I was actually one of the visitors. I had just been watching the Darrell Brooks case in Wisconsin on a whim
I would give so much to be on a certain jury in NY
Watch those bars spike a little now that you brought this to the awarenesses.
For anyone thinking that if you bring up jury nullification in a hope to get out of jury duty, the judge could find you in contempt of court.
Jury nullification: for when the court shouldn’t be political, but what I want is human rights, not politics.
For those who have never heard of this before: jury nullification is when the jury votes not guilty even when the actual law has definitely been broken, because they don’t agree with the law, or believe that the defendant was justified in breaking it. It’s technically legal to do so, but just barely. As I understand it you can’t just “go for” jury nullification, but you (and everyone else) have to vote not guilty purely because you believe that to be the most just.
And it is therefore vitally important that you NEVER admit knowing about the concept of jury nullification, as it will, at best, either get you thrown off the jury or make the verdict invalid and cause a mistrial. Which makes it functionally pretty useless, but for some reason a bunch of people, especially New Yorkers, have become quite interested in the concept lately.
I would say, if you have to continue to cycle through potential jurors to find impartially, and you have already announced how hard it is because people have so much sympathy for the alleged guy, then the system is designed to keep those in fear. They are not looking for an impartial jury, they are looking for a conviction.
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On some of those days in November I believe I was actually one of the visitors. I had just been watching the Darrell Brooks case in Wisconsin on a whim
I would give so much to be on a certain jury in NY
Watch those bars spike a little now that you brought this to the awarenesses.
For anyone thinking that if you bring up jury nullification in a hope to get out of jury duty, the judge could find you in contempt of court.
Jury nullification: for when the court shouldn’t be political, but what I want is human rights, not politics.
For those who have never heard of this before: jury nullification is when the jury votes not guilty even when the actual law has definitely been broken, because they don’t agree with the law, or believe that the defendant was justified in breaking it. It’s technically legal to do so, but just barely. As I understand it you can’t just “go for” jury nullification, but you (and everyone else) have to vote not guilty purely because you believe that to be the most just.
And it is therefore vitally important that you NEVER admit knowing about the concept of jury nullification, as it will, at best, either get you thrown off the jury or make the verdict invalid and cause a mistrial. Which makes it functionally pretty useless, but for some reason a bunch of people, especially New Yorkers, have become quite interested in the concept lately.
I would say, if you have to continue to cycle through potential jurors to find impartially, and you have already announced how hard it is because people have so much sympathy for the alleged guy, then the system is designed to keep those in fear. They are not looking for an impartial jury, they are looking for a conviction.
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