[Grizzly]

A very, very interesting video.

[General Battuta]

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removing the spaces in the tags. Like so:

[MP-Ryan]

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.

[Nuke]

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

[Scourge of Ages]

"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.

[Nuke]

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

[MP-Ryan]

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*

[Grizzly]

What did you do for a living again?

[MP-Ryan]

What did you do for a living again?

Law enforcement.

[StarSlayer]

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

[S-99]

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.