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Student could face ‘decades behind bars’ for alleged Tesla arson attack in Missouri
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Think whatever you like but jury nullification is when a juror votes "not guilty" when they actually think someone is guilty of a law that they disagree with.
Okay. Apparently you think I’m fighting you for no reason. Is it nullification? Yes. Don’t call it that. Don’t talk about that. Because it will get you booted off a jury.
On the plus side mentioning Jury Nullification during the selection process on a case you do not want anything to do with and they will cut you so fast your head will be spinning. Just knowing about it makes you a threat to the prosecutors.
Haha, I mean, we're definitely arguing over semantics but you're saying something equivalent to, "No, don't eat ice cream. Put some in your mouth and then swallow it, but don't eat. We never eat."
Except the point is that if you say you would eat ice cream, you don't get the ice cream. Legally speaking as a juror you are supposed to uphold the law. If the judge or prosecutor has any inkling you might nullify, they'll boot your ass out of the pool in a hurry.