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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grizzly on February 12, 2014, 11:03:14 am

Title: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: Grizzly on February 12, 2014, 11:03:14 am

A very, very interesting video.

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: General Battuta on February 12, 2014, 11:04:34 am

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removing the spaces in the tags. Like so:

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 12, 2014, 11:13:26 am

That video only holds particularly true in countries in which juries are involved in the penalty decision and in which their verdict cannot be appealed - e.g., the United States.

While jury nullification is legally allowed in most common law countries, it is a near-impossibility in most of them as well.

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: Nuke on February 12, 2014, 11:38:23 am

oh great, now i know how to get out of jury duty (im on call right now).

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: Scourge of Ages on February 12, 2014, 11:49:31 am

"Will you be able to make a decision based solely on the evidence and law?"

"Yeaaaaaahhhh, I'd like to think so."

"Thank you, you're dismissed"

Every time.

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: Nuke on February 12, 2014, 11:54:51 am

though i think i would enjoy the powertrip of totally ruining someones life a little bit too much.

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 12, 2014, 01:52:47 pm

Being interested in the criminal justice system, I've often thought I'd like to server on a jury... but I've never received a summons, and there isn't a defence counsel on the planet that would let me serve after finding out what I do for a living.

*sigh*

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: Grizzly on February 12, 2014, 02:13:25 pm

What did you do for a living again?

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: MP-Ryan on February 12, 2014, 03:12:52 pm

Quote from: -Joshua- on February 12, 2014, 02:13:25 pm

What did you do for a living again?

Law enforcement.

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: StarSlayer on February 12, 2014, 03:29:35 pm

Yeah even having a police officer in your kin can typically get you tossed.

Title: Re: The (common) Law you won't be told.
Post by: S-99 on February 20, 2014, 08:37:13 pm

So far, knowing about jury nullification doesn't do terribly much other than getting you out of jury duty. That, and being able to get jury nullification to get your buddy off scott free is pretty lofty and largely inaccessible to the public to manipulate.

Knowing about it's existence matters a whole lot. That you can do a lot with knowing about jury nullification? I would say no, unless you're a lawyer.