note-a-bear:
milwaukeeantifa:
anarchonecromancy:
Google jury nullification
For those too lazy to google it:
“Jury nullification is a concept where members of a trial jury can vote a defendant not guilty if they do not support a government’s law, do not believe it is constitutional or humane, or do not support a possible punishment for breaking a government’s law. This may happen in both civil and criminal trials.”
Hey, so this is a big deal because like, almost everywhere it’s illegal for either side’s lawyers or other officers of the court to directly raise this option.
While *technically* not a power juries have, it’s absolutely a RIGHT every individual juror has.
(via thatoctopus)