I’ve bee watching the Brooks vs state trial, and before he makes his closing argument, the judge tells him NOT to inform the jury of their power to nullify the law.
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It’s a conflict of 2 rules:
You can’t be tried twice for the same crime
The jury can’t be punished for a wrong verdict.
With those two rules the Jury can look at the case and say “this guy is definitely guilty but we don’t want to convict him as guilty so he’s officially not guilty”. The person doesn’t go to jail, and the jury isn’t punished, and that case can’t be revisited as the verdict is already decided
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