Re: LAW: Jury outcomes and selection [was: Nonproblems with Juries]

From: EvMick@aol.com
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 19:26:13 MST


In a message dated 2/6/00 5:08:32 PM Central Standard Time,
bradbury@aeiveos.wa.com writes:

> In some of the literature, I read about this, it was argued
> that there was a legal basis for a jury providing a 3rd trial outcome
> (other than finding the defendent guilty or non-guilty). They could in
fact
> find the law "invalid".

I beleive the term for this is "jury nullification". There's been quiet some
talk about it lately on the radio. Of course anything on AM is subject to
hyperbole.

EvMick
Salinas Kansas



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