Jury Nullification

[ValricoKate]

How many would consider using the Option of Jury Nullification if you were seated on a jury?

Yes, you would consider using it if circumstances warranted.
No, the law is the law a jury should only decide on the law.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/nullification.html

[ValricoKate]

If the law isn't applied equally should the law be thrown out.
If it isn't thrown out ...should the jury render a not guilty decision with the result of nullifying the law in that instance?

Tax evasion laws (think Geithner et al) come to mind as well as other laws.

[Safiel]

A jury should be able to judge both the facts and the law. Juries were originally conceived as a check on the power of the state.

[ThrowCop]

^ What he said.

[nortman]

a jury should be able to judge both the facts and the law. Juries were originally conceived as a check on the power of the state.
+1

[ValricoKate]

Should jurors be told about jury nullification when given their jury instructions?