Emily VelascoDec 9, 2024
Imagine being the prosecutor who is going to have to find 12 people who haven't had a bad experience with health insurance
Show threadbotvolutionDec 9, 2024
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I mean, it would be fucking *hilarious* if the prosecution racked up endless, absolutely unarguable evidence for days and weeks, and then the jury came back in twenty minutes with a Not Guilty
Show threadferricoxideDec 9, 2024
@botvolution @MLE_online

Or a nullification.

UK would be "jury equity" (if wikipedia is correct). In typical context, its mention refers to the power juries have to nullify the very laws that a defendant has been charged with (at least in the US).
Jury nullification - Wikipedia

Show threadEmily VelascoDec 9, 2024
@ferricoxide @botvolution jury nullification does not nullify the law. It's just when a jury knows that someone broke a law and refuses to convict them anyway
Show threadPeter BrownDec 10, 2024

@MLE_online @ferricoxide @botvolution not a concept I was familiar with.
But apparently it has a near equivalent in Scots law as well.
“In Scotland, jury nullification had the profound effect of introducing the three-verdict system including the option of "not proven", which remains in Scotland to this day.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

Jury nullification - Wikipedia

Show threadferricoxide
@peterbrown @MLE_online @botvolution It's enough of a danger that some prosecutors will ask if potential jurors are aware of it during selection and disqualify if a candidate answers yes.

If this guy's lawyer doesn't go for a competency defense, I'd be unsurprised if the DA asked it during selection.
Dec 10, 2024 at 3:06amWeb