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givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I tried googling if you all have jury nullification, but just got AI slop and stuff about America…

The most I know about the UK legal system is the cool wigs, and what I learned from Sherlock and Misfits.

But I’d assume a jury can do whatever they want. As long as you’re not self snitching, you don’t have to explain anything. And we’re talking about government support of an ongoing genocide, it’s hard to expect jurours to solely follow the letter of the law.

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RobotToaster@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
We do en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification#England_…

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- givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Damn, that shits crazy:
  
  The jury was then subsequently kept for three days without “meat, drink, fire and tobacco” to force it to bring in a guilty verdict. When it failed to do so, the judge ended the trial. As punishment, the judge ordered the jurors imprisoned until they paid a fine to the court.[35]
  
  Four jurors refused to pay the fine, and after several months, Bushell sought a writ of habeas corpus. Chief Justice Vaughan, sitting on the Court of Common Pleas, discharged the writ, released them, called the power to punish a jury “absurd” and forbade judges from punishing jurors for returning a verdict the judge disagreed with
  
  No wonder that dude founded Pennsylvania
  
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grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You can’t not have jury nullification without destroying the right to trial by jury. Either the jury has the power to decide or it doesn’t.

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