Jury nullification is not illegal, despite prosecutors getting butthurt over it. I would refuse to indict him if I was in a grand jury.
Yep. I was on two King County superior court juries back in the 80’s. Both times when we were excused to deliberate the first thing I did was tell the rest of the jury about jury nullification.
Fact is, nobody can ever ask you “why” you made the decision you made. They can only ask you whether you voted guilty or not guilty. You could have voted guilty because you didn’t like his hair style.