>>Since you bring up civil cases, the concept of jury nullification has no place there. It’s one thing to raise the concept in a criminal case, when jury nullification can be an important tool to prevent government oppression, but in a civil case, there is no such risk. Parties conduct themselves according to the law, and are entitled to rely on that law in their interactions with others. It is a gross disservice to the public, and to due process in general, to “nullify” in a civil case.<<
You crack me up! Seriously.
Indeed. We wouldn’t want a society in which people relied on objective facts to plan their behavior.
It is a much better system when people make up the rules as they go.
I assume, by the way, you are perfectly comfortable with plaintiffs receiving large verdicts in personal injury cases?
Someone spills coffee on their lap and gets a $100 million verdict. Totally cool with you?