Comment on YSK about Jury Nullification, if you're an American and you don't, look it up.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days agoThat goes both ways, people can convict without evidence
This doesn’t seem right… My understanding of jury nullification is that it ends with the charges being dismissed.
spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
They’re saying that a defendant can be convicted with minimal or circumstantial evidence. Because, much like they can decide the law shouldn’t apply when they think the defendant did it, they can decide the defendant is guilty even if the evidence doesn’t say that.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Ok… But is that really “jury nullification”? The word “nullify” implies that they are disagreeing with the law, so they choose not to enforce it. That can only go one way in this situation.
Also, the judge would have to agree, as they have the authority to forego the jury verdict from guilty to not guilty (but not vice versa).
It’s by no means a perfect system, but what is?