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Comment author: wedrifid 27 January 2012 04:15:31AM 0 points [-]

It's probably worth noting, when someone brings up jury nullifcation, that historically, at least in the US, the largest source of jury nullification cases was all-white juries refusing to convict actually-guilty white defendants of crimes against black victims.

Who gets to choose that such a jury is null? It seems rather exploitable!

Comment author: Prismattic 27 January 2012 04:39:23AM 3 points [-]

Who gets to choose that such a jury is null?

I can't parse this.

It sounds like you may be misunderstanding the term "jury nullification". It does not mean overturning the decision of a jury. It means the members of a jury choosing not to follow the guidelines of the law in reaching a decision.