• Maalus@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    You need to lie to the judge under oath to do it. There simply aren’t consequences, but it is very much illegal.

    • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      6 days ago

      You do not have to lie to the judge. There is no lying to the judge. If the jury decides to ignore evidence and nullify, the judge knows exactly why, and there’s nothing they can do about it.

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      6 days ago

      Wrong. They try to filter out people who know about jury nullification, but the act itself is not illegal, as you do not have to have the knowledge to accidentally do it anyway.

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        6 days ago

        Just to be clear, one of the standard questions to ask a potential jury is “you must be able to render a verdict solely on the evidence presented at the trial and in the context of the law as I will give it to you in my instructions, disregarding any other ideas, notions, or beliefs about the law. Are you able to do this?”

        If you know about jury nullification, with the intent of using it, then you need to lie under oath to get past this question.

        The question was taken from the New Mexico US courts

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          6 days ago

          Are you able to do this?

          Ahead of time, I could answer truthfully that I am able. I don’t have to say “but when the time comes, I may choose not to for any reason”