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To: HMS Surprise
Wha'chu'talk'n'bout, Willis?

If ONE juror stood firm with a nullification verdict over the other 11 .. guilty verdicts ... nullification wins ?

22 posted on 07/01/2012 8:23:27 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: knarf

Typically the jury must be unanimous. So, if one juror decides that the law is unjust, unconstitutional, etc., he or she can vote to exonerate. You don’t have to give a reason as a juror, you can just vote not guilty and let the world wonder why you did it.


23 posted on 07/01/2012 8:27:04 PM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can still go to hell.)
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To: knarf
If ONE juror stood firm with a nullification verdict over the other 11 .. guilty verdicts ... nullification wins ?

But, and this is the important part, you SHOULD NOT say nullification is your reason to vote not-guilty. Otherwise the judge might (and they sometimes do) remove that juror and replace him with an alternate.

Just say "The prosecution has not proved their case beyond my reasonable doubt". And nothing more.

34 posted on 07/02/2012 7:20:08 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: knarf

It is our system, and it has been thus for over 300 years, and you don’t seem to understand it... Do you wonder why?


40 posted on 07/05/2012 9:18:27 AM PDT by HMS Surprise (Chris Christie can still go to hell.)
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