Comment on Why is Jury Nullification a Thing, But You Can’t Talk About It in Court?
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day agoThe justice system intends for Jury’s to perform a very specific function
The justice system arises from Article III of the Constitution. The Justice system is one of the three branches of government, and is subject to the Separation of Powers.
Jurors are not members of the justice system. They aren’t members of the government. They are laypersons. Peers of the accused. They are the “We The People” mentioned in the preamble: The source whence all constitutional powers arise.
Jurors may take this third option without consequence but they are not upholding their responsibilities to the justice system.
Jurors have no responsibilities to the justice system. A juror’s responsibility is to the accused. 6th Amendment.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
You haven’t actually rebutted anything I’ve said.
That’s just semantics. Jurors participate for a reason.
A system where jurors just nullify cases when they don’t dig the vibe is obviously not a justice system.
The only reason the western world is falling all over themselves to believe in jury nullification is because our justice system is completely unjust and wealthy people can just string things out indefinitely.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Enlighten me. What do you think that reason is?
From where I’m sitting, you have dismissed the entire purpose of a layperson jury as “semantics”, so I would really like to know what “reason” you are talking about.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
The role of the jury in criminal trials is to review questions of fact and to determine guilt or innocence according to the law.