• pjwestin@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      No! You mustn’t! It’s your duty as a juror to uphold the law! Even if you don’t agree with it an there are no enforceable penalties for voting with your conscience instead of the law!

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      Which is very likely why you would never get on jury for a case like this.

      Just saying, that is how it works in the real world

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        6 months ago

        This is why we need to ensure everyone knows about jury nullifcation so it can no longer be a reason for keeping someone off a jury.

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        6 months ago

        How would they keep me off? I mean other than the fact I am not American of course. But someone that was?

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I was on one about 7 years ago with a guy who didn’t believe in prison. He was never going to vote guilty. Where I was you only needed 10 out of 12, which is very rare. And since then they changed to needing 12 out of 12, so quiet jury notification has already started…