TimS comments on Politics is the Mind-Killer - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 27 January 2012 09:20:54PM 2 points [-]

I don't know whether "largest" is justified, but it seems hard to doubt that racial nullification is a significant part of the history of jury nullification in the US. Wikipedia links sources that suggest that Prohibition and the Fugitive Slave Laws also were major sources of nullification.

Comment author: gwern 27 January 2012 11:39:40PM 1 point [-]

And let us not forget the very honorable origin of jury nullification, which established American freedom of the press: the Zenger trial.