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Jury nullification is valid and it's BS that it's forbidden in courts

Is there a link to the actual law and its verbiage? I just cant fathom the wording of a law that seemingly states that its illegal to provide food to someone without a residence. It clearly must exist, but it just seems like a comic-book-supervillain level of evil and mean-spirited.

Jury nullification is valid and it's BS that it's forbidden in courts

Is there a link to the actual law and its verbiage? I just cant fathom the wording of a law that seemingly states that its illegal to provide food to someone without a residence. It clearly must exist, but it just seems like a comic-book-supervillain level of evil and mean-spirited.

Is there a link to the actual law and its verbiage? I just cant fathom the wording of a law that seemingly states that its illegal to provide food to someone without a residence. It clearly must exist, but it just seems like a comic-book-supervillain level of evil and mean-spirited.

It's not really FORBIDDEN, the jury can do it just you'll never find a judge or attorney who will tell the jury that it's an option available to them.

i wonder about the exact wording as well. could it be used to fine someone paying for their date's meal? or buying some pizza for friends to share?

Jury nullification is valid and it's BS that it's forbidden in courts

It's legally not an option. It's just also the law that jurors can never be held criminally or civilly liable for their verdicts and you can't retry a not guilty verdict. If you nullify, you're committing a crime of perjury by refusing to administer the law as described. Whether or not they can actually prove it is a different matter entirely though.

But if enough people outright say during selection that they will refuse to convict, the case could get dropped. And no one will have committed any crimes.

You cannot be punished for the verdict you give, you aren't committing any crime. Jury nullification is not forbidden, it's allowed. I get you want to play some idiotic game of semantics but fact is jury nullification is allowed, it's not forbidden. If it was forbidden then juries wouldn't be able to do it.

Got it.

https://www.houstontx.gov/health/2012-269.pdf

You have to swear an oath that you will administer the law as described. Rendering a verdict you know to be false just because you agree with the crime is, itself, a crime. There's no wiggle room on this.

I wouldn't take that as legal advice since you're suggesting you can be taken to court for what you did on a jury.

We recognize, as appellants urge, the undisputed power of the jury to acquit, even if its verdict is contrary to the law as given by the judge, and contrary to the evidence. This is a power that must exist as long as we adhere to the general verdict in criminal cases, for the courts cannot search the minds of the jurors to find the basis upon which they judge. If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused, is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic or passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision.

Fourth Circuit, U.S. v. Moylan, 1969

Going to back down now Tyranthraxus or do you still have some more clown make-up to apply?

Good

Hopefully they can't find a jury willing to go along with this stupid shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqH_Y1TupoQ