08-06-2015, 05:56 PM
Jury nullification is not legal because during vior dire (jury selection) every juror is asked if they agree to follow and apply the law as written. If a juror does not agree with the law then he must excuse himself from jury duty. If he does not then he has committed perjury during vior dire for lying under oath.
Criminal law requires a unanimous verdict and it is insane to think it is a good idea to let one person who may think it is fine to rape children to let a child rapist go even when the state has proven he did it.
We live in a country that has a very fair basis for creating laws. One person can not just suddenly believe that the rule of law should not apply. Anyone who thinks one single nut job should be allowed to control a jury verdict in a criminal trial is also a nut job.
You are allowed to protest against unjust laws and do whatever possible to get them changed, but an individual is not allowed to substitute his judgement as to what the rule of law is.
Criminal law requires a unanimous verdict and it is insane to think it is a good idea to let one person who may think it is fine to rape children to let a child rapist go even when the state has proven he did it.
We live in a country that has a very fair basis for creating laws. One person can not just suddenly believe that the rule of law should not apply. Anyone who thinks one single nut job should be allowed to control a jury verdict in a criminal trial is also a nut job.
You are allowed to protest against unjust laws and do whatever possible to get them changed, but an individual is not allowed to substitute his judgement as to what the rule of law is.
