Assuming this is true, this guy's a hero
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Everyone needs to know about jury nullification. If you think the punishment is unfair or have any other issues with convicting someone, you can vote not guilty.
The courts try and keep this knowledge from people. They give jury instructions that you must find someone guilty if they meet the elements of the crime and will prevent defendents from telling jurors about jury nullification. But you can vote your conscience without repercussion regardless of what the judge says.
https://fija.org/library-and-resources/library/jury-nullification-faq/what-is-jury-nullification.html
Yep. And they will straight up disqualify you from the Jury pool if you know about Jury Nullification-- there is usually a question from the Prosecution/DA specifically designed to screen for jurors who know about it.
This case is one where the guy should have walked.
This gets me wondering...is there anything they could do if you stood outside (probably a little bit away) a courthouse where jury selection occurs, with a sign saying something along the lines of "Look up jury nullification?"
There was a guy in NYC (Dr. Julian Heicklen) who did this every day for years. He passed away in March.
He was charged with jury tampering in 2010, but the case was thrown out in 2012: the judge said he was within his First Amendment rights as long as he didn’t “target individual jurors”.