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Jury.............Nullification............
Can someone enlighten me on what would actually happen in a situation like that? He just walks?
Not a lawyer, but my understanding of looking into this a while back was that it results in a mistrial. So the state can bring charges again if they'd like. If the prosecution feels like jury nullification will continue to happen, then they may decline to continue pressing charges.
That's not true. There isn't anything special about jury nullification. If it happens, it happens and that's the end of the trial. If the jury is hung because some of the jury members wish to nullify and others don't, then it will lead to a mistrial simply because the jury cannot come to a unanimous decision - not because of jury nullification. Of course, any verdict can be appealed as usual, but there's no guarantee the appeal will be granted - even in the case of jury nullification.