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Re:MIT President on Aaron Swartz by jacquesm on Sunday January 13, 2013 @05:09PM (#5052088)
Jury nullification is to all intents and purposes mostly a theoretical thing nowadays.
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Re:MIT President on Aaron Swartz by dialtone on Sunday January 13, 2013 @05:19PM (#5052120)
According to Clay Conrad, author of this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Jury-Nullification-The-Evolution-Doctr...

And according to an article that he wrote in 2003[1]:

Jury nullification occurs in 3-4% of all criminal trials. Jurors cannot be ordered to convict or punished for acquitting. A jury verdict of Not Guilty is final.

[1]: http://www.counterpunch.org/2003/02/05/a-guide-to-surviving-...

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