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  2. Jury nullification in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Jury nullification sometimes takes the form of a jury convicting the defendant of lesser charges than the prosecutor sought. [13] In the 21st century, many discussions of jury nullification center around drug laws that many consider unjust either in principle or because they disproportionately affect members of certain groups.

  3. Jury nullification - Wikipedia

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    Some commonly cited historical examples of jury nullification involve jurors refusing to convict persons accused of violating the Fugitive Slave Act by assisting runaway slaves or being fugitive slaves themselves, and refusal of American colonial juries to convict a defendant under English law. [8] Jury nullification is the source of much debate.

  4. John Peter Zenger - Wikipedia

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    Rebuffed repeatedly by chief justice James DeLancey during the trial, Hamilton decided to plead his client's case directly to the jury. After the lawyers for both sides finished their arguments on August 5, 1735, the jury retired only to return in ten minutes with a verdict of not guilty, [15] [16] [17] a famous example of jury nullification.

  5. Could fandom cause jury nullification in Luigi Mangione trial?

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    Rahmani said there is a “very high possibility” of jury nullification in his case where a sympathetic juror could hold out for Mangione. This photo, provided by the Hawaii Dept. of Land and ...

  6. Could fandom cause jury nullification in Luigi Mangione trial?

  7. Opinion - Will the jury let Luigi Mangione get away with murder?

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    Nullifying a jury’s potential murder verdict, particularly when accomplished through deception during the jury selection process and merely because we dislike the victim and like his murderer ...

  8. Reaction to the verdict in the O. J. Simpson criminal trial

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    In O.J.: Made in America, Carl E. Douglas defended the decision to redecorate Simpson's home to manipulate the jury, and stated that had the jury been predominantly Latin, they would have had placed pictures of Simpson wearing a sombrero, hired a mariachi band to perform outside his house, and placed a piñata at the top of the staircase. [95]

  9. The Camden 28 - Wikipedia

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    The Camden 28 were a group of leftist, Catholic, anti-Vietnam War activists who in 1971 planned and executed a raid on a draft board in Camden, New Jersey, United States.The raid resulted in a high-profile criminal trial of the activists that was seen by many as a referendum on the Vietnam War and as an example of jury nullification.