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Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by parkingrift on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:29AM (#32396070)
If you think jury nullification is a potential problem just wait until you hear that district attorneys have almost absolute authority to decide what crimes are punished. One person can unilaterally dictate that petty theft is no longer a crime, for example.

In that lens I don’t believe jury nullification is much of a problem.

Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by Lendal on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:09AM (#32397298)
The proper remedy for bad governance is to elect different public officials to represent you. Jury nullification is far too weak, even as tinfoil hats go. Sure it's a thing and it's not illegal. It's just silly and unstable, and it should never be depended upon by society to replace good legislation and executive power.

Besides the fact that this ruling was about free speech rights, not jury nullification. You can say all you want outside a courthouse as long as you're not disrupting the legal system or trying to sway a particular jury in a specific case.

Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by namelessoracle on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:15AM (#32399137)
"The proper remedy for bad governance is to elect different public officials to represent you."

After 4 years you can attempt to fix it. Though if the person who you elect actually tries to fix it there's a good chance they will be stopped by the courts from doing so.....

E.G. Let's say bad politician hires bad people who implement bad policies. New politician comes in and tries to fire bad people, they sue saying its political persecution and they haven't done anything wrong and haven't violated the standards of their job or their contract. Court upholds it. They continue implementing bad policies, to the point of snubbing their nose at the person who got elected. What is the remedy here?

Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by whimsicalism on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:39AM (#32396116)
One person, who is typically elected. And that's if federal authorities decide to not get involved.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by netheril96 on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @06:51AM (#32396176)
If the whole community believes X is not a crime and willing to nullify the law as juries, certainly they will elect a prosecutor who thinks the same.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by nisegami on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:56AM (#32397145)
That's a drastic oversimplification. For one counterexample, consider a prosecutor who believes x but also y. The community agrees on x but not y and consider that a dealbreaker, so the prosecutor is not elected. And this doesn't include issues such as ease of voting and gerrymandering.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by bluGill on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:14AM (#32398256)
They will also elect legislators that will remove such laws.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by carlivar on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:42AM (#32397031)
Or subject to recall. Which is what just happened to San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by quantified on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @05:32PM (#32404619)
After the cops decided not to arrest, then blame Boudin for not prosecuting. Cops just hanging out watching the crimes.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by whimsicalism on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:49PM (#32406195)
Let's not turn it into a whole Boudin debate. He was recalled, which indicates some level of voter discontent with how he operated. I personally voted against recall, but it is what it is.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by tootie on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:02AM (#32397206)
DAs and police are directly or indirectly answerable to the public. Court proceedings are generally public record. Elected local governments have authority over law enforcement. See the recent case (without judging it's merits) of Gov DeSantis suspending a DA who refused to enforce abortion bans.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by quantified on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @05:31PM (#32404604)
To be fair, they tend to only nullify the crimes of the wealthy and well-connected.
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by koheripbal on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:42AM (#32396541)
Whataboutism
Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa... by parkingrift on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @08:32AM (#32396959)
Pareto principle. Focus on something that matters and is actually happening instead of nonexistent hypotheticals.