The Law You Won't Be Told

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[astral]

If I get trialed for advocating jury nullification, the jury in my trial would learn about it and perhaps if I'm sympathetic enough they'd also nullify the law and let me free.

[QuackersMcCrackers]

'Simply watching may prevent you from ever serving on a Jury'.
*Clicks play button*

[ScottMaday]

I watch this on an annual basis to ensure I'm not selected for jury duty

[AragornRespecter]

My dad’s a lawyer and he’s a big believer in jury nullification, “the officer has the discretion to issue a warning or a ticket, the prosecutor can choose to prosecute or not, the jury (who is in the constitution) has the discretion to convict or not”

[owlwaifu]

"Watching may prevent you from ever serving on a jury"
I see no downside

[UOUPv]

"...but be warned; simply watching may prevent you from ever serving on a jury."

7 years later, can confirm. I have never been picked.

[Sleepycreature]

“Ever Heard of a little thing called jury nullification?” - Saul Goodman

[scottowens]

"Be warned, simply watching may prevent you from ever being on a jury."

12 million people:

[grifflancer]

Jury: "We find the defendant, not guilty"
Prosecutor: "But the defendant admitted guilt while in custody!"
Jury: "Well we disagree with the defendant."

[woodlefoof]

“So I understand that courts have their own n word”

[gravoxxavox]

I remember once my teacher was talking about a time he was in a jury for a burglary trial. A man allegedly robbed a jewellery story of 30K worth of diamonds and was facing court. The thing is, the entire jury team felt sorry for the man because he had a family and was struggling. The jury all decided to simply deem him not guilty out of pity and so the man was released. Teacher didn’t know about nullification. All he did was practice it.

[bernier]

I remember hearing how, after duels were banned/criminalized in Britain’s “Canadian” colonies, jurors would refuse to convict someone for engaging in a duel, if they felt the duel had been conducted “fair and square”.

[dandyspacedandy]

"simply watching may prevent you from ever serving on a jury"

Oh noooo
Don't tell
That'd be the woooorst

[l.tc.]

Thanks for getting me out of jury duty.

[CacoPholey]

Can't wait to get called for jury duty and say the phrase "jury nullification, bottom text"

[baronvonbeandip]

I have always wanted to serve on a jury but, when asked exactly that question in voir dire, my response has always been that every reasonable person would circumvent the law if it went against their ethical/moral concerns, which is the foundation of the law.

[kyleschroder]

I Was going to close the video. But then he said "warning, this video may prevent you from ever doing jury duty."

I then watched it 3 times for good measure.

[thechickencoop]

I once answered “yes” and then was asked to explain why, so without telling a full courtroom of possible jurors what jury nullification is i had to explain to the judge what jury nullification is. I haven’t received another jury notice since, its been 5 years.

[ErzengelDesLichtes]

Sooo I was called for Jury Duty in an affluent area of Southern California. Right before starting the Jury Questionaire, the judge explained Jury Nullification to us, and explained why we shouldn’t do it, and said “Now that you all know about it, you can’t use it as an excuse.”
Word’s gotten out…

[AuroraFirestorm]

So, the thing about it supposedly being against those questions that people ask you before you're on the jury. Since nullification exists as a consequence of the law, it is based strictly on the law, and therefore if you answer that you are fine making decisions purely based on the law, you are not lying. Nullification is part of the law, just unintentional.