by Lisa Provence. There's an elephant in every courtroom. Prosecutors and judges won't show it to jurors, and even Virginia defense lawyers seem forbidden from mentioning this fact: If you think a law is unjust, you can acquit. It's called jury nullification, and such Founding Fathers as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson venerated juries as "the last ... MOREJury Nullification: The Elephant In The Room
by Lisa Provence. There's an elephant in every courtroom. Prosecutors and judges won't show it to jurors, and even Virginia defense lawyers seem forbidden from mentioning this fact: If you think a law is unjust, you can acquit. It's called jury nullification, and such Founding Fathers as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson venerated juries as "the last ... MORE