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

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

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Comment author: Kevin 29 October 2010 12:31:48PM 0 points [-]

Jury nullification is an act of civil disobedience. If you want to strongly signal your opinion about drug laws, I think that's a great statement to make, but jury nullification is practiced so incredibly rarely that it ends up being more of an emotional than rational decision.