What do you call that where a juror or jury finds a defendant innocent because they feel the law was unjust?
this isn't home work. i want to look it up to see if it is a legal right of the jury. i suppose you can answer that too if you know. thanks
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Jury nullification refers to a rendering of a not guilty verdict by a trial jury, disagreeing with the instructions by the judge concerning what is the law, or whether such law is applicable to the case, taking into account all of the evidence presented.
It is called jury nullification. It is a seldom-invoked right of the jury.
The jury must follow the instructions on the law. They cannot substitute their sense of what is right and wrong with the law itself. When a judge does this it is called judicial activism. I do not know the term when a jury does it.
Jury nullification. It's not a right of the jury. They are supposed to decide a case based on the law as given to them by the judge. Juries aren't empowered to make law.
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