Jury Nullification Rides Again!

[minoanmiss]

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/08/roe-v-wade-how-to-keep-women-who-have-abortions-from-going-to-prison.html

*makes a note to refresh my knowledge*

Comments

[lilysea]

There are not a lot of things that I envy about the US, but jury nullification is one of them.

[bikergeek]

It’s both good and bad. Jury nullification was also used to give those guilty of lynchings a walk.

[lilysea]

*horrified face*

[dewline]

Yeah, the practice is exactly that kind of sword, with multiple edges on the blade.

[amaebi]

Thank you! I seldom think of jury nullification, and had forgot all about it!

[princessofgeeks]

I think I remember right that one of the very first jury trials in the new United States ended this way.