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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by drewcoo on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:01PM (#32393825)
Slavery wasn't a crime. And the slaves were property, not allowed trial by jury.

Stopping the punishment of crimes is not halting all injustice.

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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by mannerheim on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:15PM (#32393901)
Helping slaves escape was a crime (Fugitive Slave Act) and an early use of jury nullification.
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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by RC_ITR on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:25PM (#32393968)
> Slavery wasn't a crime.

Slavery was 100% enabled by the fact that escaping from slavery was a crime.

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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by eru on Monday August 08, 2022 @11:44PM (#32394059)
Yes, but keeping someone enslaved was not a crime by the laws of that time and place.
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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by RC_ITR on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @01:02AM (#32394337)
Yes, but how would jury nullification come into play there?

A jury can’t decide to make something a crime, they can only choose to not punish a crime.

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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by eru on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @01:37AM (#32394520)
Yes. And whether or how jury nullification comes in depends on circumstances.
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