They typically won't ask if you support or have heard of jury nullification during voir dire. They will leave that to the "is there any reason you feel you can't bring a verdict in accordance with the law and judge's instructions?" question.
Jury nullification isn't itself illegal, so you can honestly answer "No".
They asked when I went. They didn't use the words "jury nullification" but they asked if anyone in the room would be unwilling to convict if they were convinced someone violated a law that they didn't agree should be a law (giving a stupid example of "making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich").
Maybe. It was particularly weird because the case didn't even involve drugs or anything, it was a violent crime, with a victim testifying. Not something you'd expect people to go "yeah okay he did it but that shouldn't be a crime."
You can't mention that you know about it so they pick you, obviously.
I guess you can also lie your ass off to get in, but if you go hard on that the defense is likely to remove you from consideration instead.
They typically won't ask if you support or have heard of jury nullification during voir dire. They will leave that to the "is there any reason you feel you can't bring a verdict in accordance with the law and judge's instructions?" question.
Jury nullification isn't itself illegal, so you can honestly answer "No".
Yea they avoid mentioning it. My point was that you can't seem as anything but a blank slate doofus to get accepted into a jury.
Completely correct.
They asked when I went. They didn't use the words "jury nullification" but they asked if anyone in the room would be unwilling to convict if they were convinced someone violated a law that they didn't agree should be a law (giving a stupid example of "making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich").
The more trivial a thing you build an example out of the more demonic it actually is to think about.
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Interesting. Wonder if your court had had "problems" with nullification before?
Maybe. It was particularly weird because the case didn't even involve drugs or anything, it was a violent crime, with a victim testifying. Not something you'd expect people to go "yeah okay he did it but that shouldn't be a crime."