This right has been used in many other threads and I felt it worthy of it's own.

 

Jury Nullification

Jury nullification is the power and ability of a criminal trial jury, federal or state, to acquit the defendant not only on the "facts" of the case but to declare the law illegal, nonsensical, or otherwise simply not justifiably enforceable. I.e., the jury can "nullify" the law.

All you need to do now is to get on the Brian Aitken jury and try to convince the rest. :icon_neutral:

This right has been used in many other threads and I felt it worthy of it's own.

 

Jury Nullification

Jury nullification is the power and ability of a criminal trial jury, federal or state, to acquit the defendant not only on the "facts" of the case but to declare the law illegal, nonsensical, or otherwise simply not justifiably enforceable. I.e., the jury can "nullify" the law.

 

As far as I am concerned in any trial that you serve on it is the responsibility of the jurors to know what this is because the judge is certaintly not going to tell you this.

Jury nullification only affects that case. A jury cannot invalidate a law entirely; only a court with appellate jurisdiction can do that.