I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on this, and the bottom line is this stinks from head to toe, but there's something called jury nullification, that every prospective juror should know about before hand. It basically means a juror is within his or her right to judge both the facts of the case and the law itself. If they believe the law is unjust, they can aquit despite the "facts". No judge will ever mention this, as they pretty much control the outcome of the case based on their "juror instructions".
In fact, mentioning jury nullification might be a great way to get out of jury duty.
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01-25-2007, 06:09 PM
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