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Abolish the ruling mandating a judge be explicitly told if a juror is simply aware of their right of jury nullification

Created by A.D. on February 13, 2014

Jury nullification is a largely unknown power that jurors can utilize per a 1972 D.C Cir. and other court rulings. Jury nullification is the ability of a jury to be critical of the law, as well as the evidence involved in their case. A jury's ruling is allowed to contract the law if they believe the law to be faulty. The best example is when northern juries failed to prosecute escaped slaves caught in the north when escaping was against southern law. But this act also can have negative consequences, like when juries would convict people judging only on race, which a law ruled illegal.Thus jury nullification's renown is suppressed. But when a judge must be informed when a specific juror is cognizant of their possessed ability, this gives the impression that this jury ability is illegal.

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