What does “Jury Nullification” mean?

Question

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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Answer 1

I don’t know anything about this trial you’re watching. But jury nullification simply means that the jurists understand the law and (informally) agree that the law as written applies to the crimes that the prosecution alleges. But they refuse to apply the law as written because they believe that the law is immoral or wrongly applied in some way and so they side with the defendant.