Comment on Why is Jury Nullification a Thing, But You Can’t Talk About It in Court?

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null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Can you clarify what you’re actually saying?

If you’re trying to imply that a more moral person would see things your way, I couldn’t care less. It’s a pretty meaningless assertion.

You seem to be suggesting that moral considerations are not relevant to legal proceedings, yet simultaneously arguing that jurors should refuse to convict on moral grounds.

That’s simply not how laws are intended to be applied. Democratically elected representatives debate moral considerations when designing laws. If you want criminal law to include an exemption for murderers of CEOs that you don’t like, you should write to your local rep I guess.

In the mean time, jurors will just have to apply the law as it stands.

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