Comment on How would legal procedure change if every citizen eligible for jury duty was aware of jury nullification?

General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Far fewer than 1 in 20 defendants get a jury trial in the US. If every defendant insisted on their right to one, then the system would break down for lack of jurors.

Few juries would decide to nullify, since, by and large, Americans believe in punishment.

So the change would be insubstantial.

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