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Kreenish

Jury Annulment

Given the expansion of "hate crime" laws, I think americans at least (I don't know how this works elsewhere) should be made aware that they have a right to say 'not guilty' while on a jury, and are not obliged to give any reason for their verdict.

Obviously, this right is not something that is taught by the establishment and has vexed jews who would see all the judicial power put into the hands of judges. But I'd like to get a measure of awareness. Do you or the people you discuss politics with know about annulment? Can you annul laws in european countries?

I think this is an easy sell to people who are still scared of being shamed by the media, much like people often secretly voted for Trump, they don't have to publicly oppose the status quo.

Posted Dec 25, 2019, 5:00 PM UTC

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rebel_corsair•

I've known about jury annulment for a while. I've actually planned to say that I support it while in voir dire so that I can get out of jury duty. I've heard it works.

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RollBama420•

Never been in that situation but I’ve heard they can hold you in contempt if you outright say it. Gotta imply it.

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SailorAground•

Be careful. I've heard warnings from lawyers on YouTube and Reddit (take it all with a grain of salt) that if you mention jury annulment, some judges will hold you in contempt.

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JIVEprinting•

This silliness makes the rounds on Reddit pretty often, there's something about its fundamental elements that really appeals to this audience.

Jury nullification is not a provision of law, it is a term to describe a phenomenon. A jury does not have power over the judge and legal system, and juries determined to be unreasonable can be overruled by the judge.

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erck•

One might wonder if the designers of our system would be more likely to view jury nullification as a feature or a flaw.

Certainly it was probably considered when switching from the contemporary system of being judged by a panel of professional jurists, to being judged by a panel of randomly selected citizens.

It almost seems like the only real advantage of using randomly selected people over professional jurists.

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JIVEprinting•

That's worth considering. Judges only rule notwithstanding the jury in truly extreme instances.

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HappyHound•

Then why have a jury at all?

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28sherman•

Jury Nullification was a trend at the end of the Vietnam War as American juries stopped punishing protesting defendants from overzealous prosecution. Problem is if prosecution teams move to settle things with plea deals for a high percentage of cases partly to avoid this.

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