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by truth101
Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:35 pm
Forum: Jury Nullification / Jury Responsibility
Topic: Jury nullification: The elephant in the room
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Jury nullification: The elephant in the room

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http://www.readthehook.com/104819/jury-nullification-elephant-room

Jury nullification: The elephant in the room
By Lisa Provence
July 24th, 2012


There's an elephant in every courtroom. Prosecutors and judges won't show it to jurors, and even Virginia defense lawyers seem forbidden ...
by truth101
Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:33 am
Forum: Jury Nullification / Jury Responsibility
Topic: Jury Nullification - definition
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Jury Nullification - definition

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http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/jury+nullification

Jury Nullification

A sanctioned doctrine of trial proceedings wherein members of a jury disregard either the evidence presented or the instructions of the judge in order to reach a verdict based upon their own ...