陪审团制度是美式民主的一个重要组成部分，这个制度有一个非常特殊，但不广为人所知的权利，叫做陪审团否决权（jury nullification），它的意思是 ...

Jury Nullification: Acquitting Based On Principle A new billboard in D.C. is asking jurors to forget about the law, and go with their gut when it comes to acquitting defendants.

Nullification is a step in that direction. Disclosure: I received no valuable consideration for this article; indeed, I bought my copy of the book. Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions.

Most of these efforts fall short of outright nullification – direct state interference with federal law enforcement. In my view, most of them are entirely legal.

Yet nullification occupies an odd position in the legal system. The defense is not allowed to encourage a jury to nullify a case, and the jury is required to follow the evidence and the law.

Nullification is the policy of people who think, if they think at all, in crude cartoons. It isn’t the ideal way for the greatest country in the world to approach a presidential election.

The Supreme Court ruled on nullification in the 1950s, when states sought to resist integrating their school systems after the landmark ruling Brown v. Board of Education . In the 1958 case Cooper v.

Nullification, Now Coming to the Supreme Court? Mike Huckabee suggests that if the justices rule that gay-marriage bans are unconstitutional, states don't need to listen.

Post-nullification analyses bemoaned ISPs’ collection of consumers’ “personal information” and the ability of these companies to sell such information to expand their businesses.

Jury Nullification. Federal Judge Advocates Jury Nullification After Being Shocked by Overzealous Child Pornography Prosecution It just makes sense to let jurors know about their already ...