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Frustrating Fascist Scumbags With Jury Nullification
Submitted by A. Magnus on Wed, 2014-07-16 00:00
"The doctrine is premised on the idea that ordinary citizens, not government officials, should have the final say as to whether a person should be punished. As Adams put it, it is each juror’s “duty” to vote based on his or her “own best understanding, judgment and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.”"
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