One oddity about Stalinist Maryland is that it is the only state constitution which explicitly codifies jury nullification. No officer of the court mentions this and I suspect any defense attorney would be held in Contempt of Court if they were to mention it.
Some years ago I was in a jury pool and during “voir dire” (that’s French for “jury tampering by the judge and lawyers”) we were asked by the presiding judge if anyone had a problem with accepting his instructions on the law. up went my hand. Called to the bench, I explained to the judge that the Maryland Constitution expressly empowered ME with interpreting the law, not him. He laughed and agreed, and BOTH lawyers struck me from the jury pool.
Minutes later, out the door I went.
Thanks, cool story.