[HN Gopher] Jury Nullification
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       Jury Nullification
        
       Author : amarcheschi
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-12-05 21:00 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
        
       | n4r9 wrote:
       | I recall this [edit: potentially] happening a few years back when
       | a jury in Bristol - a notoriously progressive city - gave a not
       | guilty verdict to four people that had helped topple a statue of
       | a long dead slave trader:
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colston_Four_trial
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       | The right wing of the country was obviously in uproar and
       | demanding changes to the system or that some exception be made.
       | Except, interestingly, for the poshest and possibly most right
       | wing MP of all, Jacob Rees-Mogg. Iirc he said that even though he
       | disagreed with the verdict, jury nullification is there for a
       | good reason and the jury was perfectly within protocol to do what
       | they did. He's a nasty piece of work but every now and then comes
       | across as surprisingly principled.
        
       | bsnnkv wrote:
       | Reading between the lines a little here with this submission, I'm
       | assuming it's related to the case of the UnitedHealthcare CEO.
        
         | amarcheschi wrote:
         | Yes, but the existence of the Wikipedia page and the act of
         | doing it itself in a jury were a pre existing condition
         | 
         | On a serious note, yes it is. However, it is very interesting
         | as a European learning about a mechanism that allows the jury
         | to say we believe someone has done that, but we don't believe
         | it should be guilty
        
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