“But nullification? That they can never stop.”
Actually the state has stopped nullification which is why you only saw it so few times in your career. They stopped it via the jury selection process. No one is judged by a jury of their peers anymore, but rather they get a least common denominator jury.
I get your point. I just don’t agree. The problem is:
1. Juries don’t know about it and
2. WAY to many jurors are overwhelmed by the process and have the “if you didn’t do it, you wouldn’t be here” attitude.
You are correct. If a prospective juror, during voir dire, shows that he knows about jury nullification and fails to agree to follow the judge’s instructions unquestioningly, he will be excused at once. If a juror, once seated, then attempts nullification, he will be liable to a charge of perjury, for having agreed under oath to obey the judge and then not doing so.
The first case has happened to me.