Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSAEnglish · 1 month agoUS citizens, can you give historical context and examples of jury nullification?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareUS citizens, can you give historical context and examples of jury nullification?Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSAEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZoe@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 month agoAnother example is William Lynch who beat a Jesuit priest who sexually assaulted him as a child and was found not guilty by the jury despite admitting guilt
Another example is William Lynch who beat a Jesuit priest who sexually assaulted him as a child and was found not guilty by the jury despite admitting guilt