Comment on Why is Jury Nullification a Thing, But You Can’t Talk About It in Court?
yarr@feddit.nl 5 weeks agoIf you believe someone is good and they decided to do something against the law but for good reasons, are you going to punish that person?
The answer is: some people put the law ahead of any kind of moral code they may have. Those people would be hesitant to contradict the law in such an instance.
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Like the guys at the Nuremberg trials. Turns out ‘just following orders’ was not a creditable defence.