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Met police arrest pensioner for ‘jury crime’ already ruled not a crime (www.thecanary.co)

submitted 3 weeks ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Legally speaking, jury nullification is real. Try to absorb this fact, which should be taught in every school.

More importantly, when corruption is the norm and other democratic avenues have failed, jury nullification isn’t just a legal option, it is the only rational one. Next comes vigilantism.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nothing I've said implies I don't think it's real, so I don't think we have anything else to talk about.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You gave examples of jury nullification having poor outcomes, implying moral concerns. You also cited legal norms, implying that this (or any) instance of jury nullification might be legally improper.

They are supposed to follow the directions of the judge in terms of how to apply the law. Telling them, "no actually you don't have to do that" is definitely dodgy

But jury nullification is not legally improper by definition.