loqi comments on Ethics of Jury nullification and TDT? - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Psy-Kosh 26 October 2010 09:01PM

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Comment author: loqi 27 October 2010 07:31:31PM *  3 points [-]

I don't have the link handy, but I recall reading that judges are completely within their rights to dismiss a juror who is openly planning to nullify. If this is true, then honesty is not a viable strategy.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 28 October 2010 06:03:55PM 1 point [-]

I was sent home twice for that very reason. They weren't rude about it; they just sent me home once I said that I won't convict someone of a "crime" that didn't actually harm anyone or their property.