Re:Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federa...
by salawat on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @12:36PM
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Jury nullification isn't just an evil jury frustrating the heroic pursuit of truth and justice for the land.
It's also a jury looking at a fellow citizen getting hung out to dry by a crooked/ambitious DA and law enforcement entity, or shifty looking DEA agent and saying "Enough is enough. This is overreach, dirty, and wrong, and every last one of you knows it."
Nothing is a given about how our system works. Justice and politics are constantly evolving things. Each process serving as inputs to the others.
We try to create a world of predictable consequences. We try to minimize the number of places surprising things can pop up from. However, deep down, we bear forward the history of abuses by systems past, which is why we maintain these safety valves, even if they are infrequently used, lest our vigilance wane that they need to be used again.
It's why jury duty is the most important damn responsibility in the country.
It's also a jury looking at a fellow citizen getting hung out to dry by a crooked/ambitious DA and law enforcement entity, or shifty looking DEA agent and saying "Enough is enough. This is overreach, dirty, and wrong, and every last one of you knows it."
Nothing is a given about how our system works. Justice and politics are constantly evolving things. Each process serving as inputs to the others.
We try to create a world of predictable consequences. We try to minimize the number of places surprising things can pop up from. However, deep down, we bear forward the history of abuses by systems past, which is why we maintain these safety valves, even if they are infrequently used, lest our vigilance wane that they need to be used again.
It's why jury duty is the most important damn responsibility in the country.