Just another indication of how insane this country has become.
Huh?
This is one of the foundational concepts of our country!
Ever hear of that Penn dude, the guy they named THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA after?
An unjust law cannot be used to convict someone.
Do you think a man should go to jail for killing someone who raped his wife or kids?
If you go into a jury box and you vote against what your conscience tells you is the truth, you have sold your soul and are nothing but a cog in the machine!
What? This is a restoration of sanity.
In what way?
Jury nullification is a time-honored practice in this country.
It's one of the things that led to prohibition's repeal, as it was getting to the point that prosecutors couldn't get convictions, because people simply disagreed with the law itself.
The article overlooks Tennessee. In Tennessee criminal court jurors are instructed by the Judge that they are the triers of the facts and the law. Jury nullification is the law in Tennessee and it’s almost never used by criminal defense lawyers. It probably has its biggest impact on the prosecutor’s decision making process. A prosecutor is not going to go to trial on a case where he has to argue that the person is guilty “because it’s the law”. Consequently, to my knowledge, there hasn’t been a simple marijuana possession case go to trial in decades.