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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by vore on Saturday November 26, 2022 @05:04PM (#33757265)
Jury nullification is the negative right of not punishing jurors for their verdicts, not the positive right of jurors being able to pick verdicts that rule against laws they don't like.

We can talk all about how jury nullification allows the jury to dismiss unjust laws, but do keep in mind the oath a juror is required to swear:

   Do you and each of you solemnly swear that you will well and truly try and a true deliverance make between the United States and ______, the defendant at the bar, and a true verdict render according to the evidence, so help you God?
Threatening jury nullification is a clear violation of the oath (definitely not "a true verdict rendered according to the evidence") and the judge is well within their right to hold you in contempt of court for violating that oath.
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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by Renaud on Sunday November 27, 2022 @12:19AM (#33760630)
La last bit of the oath is so jarring…

Aside from that problematic bit, is that oath performed before the jury hears the case or just before they deliberate?

I’m asking because the details of the case may themselves reveal an unjust law that the jury may feel obligated to decide against.

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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by vore on Sunday November 27, 2022 @01:52PM (#33765459)
As always with these things, you can always ask to take an affirmation instead of an oath that omits the "so help you God". The oath is usually administered at the start of the case.
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