New Hampshire First State To Enact Jury Nolification

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New Hampshire’s jury nullification law reads, in relevant part: “In all criminal proceedings the court shall permit the defense to inform the jury of its right to judge the facts and the application of the law in relation to the facts in controversy.”

- read the full piece here:

http://www.republicmagazine.com/news/new-hampshire-formally-recognizes-jury-nullification.html

The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.

John Jay, America’s first US Supreme Court Chief Justice

The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.

Samuel Chase, signer of the Declaration of Independence and a US Supreme Court Justice

The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, US Supreme Court Justice

The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.

Harlan Stone, US Supreme Court Justice

Ahhhh...

...I love the smell of principled rebellion in the morning.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Ahhhh...

...I love the smell of principled rebellion in the morning.

Doesn't much matter.

A jury decides the case.

They don't have to explain their ruling.