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A Jury Can Protect Society With A Conscience It Can Nullify A Law It Believes Is Unjust
Sep 5
2016
Quiz: In New Zealand, is the defence forbidden from advising the jury on it’s purpose?
A jury is designed to
protect society from lawbreakers, but it is also a means to
protect society from bad law
Jury independence is your power to
judge the law as well as the evidence
Since it has a
conscience
A jury can nullify a law
that it believes is unjust
No matter what the evidence, it’s your moral obligation and natural right to
declare the defendants of non-violent drug charges NOT GUILTY!
Judges are not required to inform you of
Jury Nullification Power!
In many jurisdictions it is forbidden for
attorneys to advise a jury of the possibility, and jurors must learn of it through extra-legal sources – like this art.
Fear of jury anarchy guides
such restrictions, and there are examples of nullification gone awry (e.g., racist juries refusing to convict white supremacists for killing black people)