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mystralineyesterday at 12:52 PM1 replyview on HN

"Your honor, it is my ethical framework that I first must determine if the law should even be the law, and secondly if the defendant did it if the law is worthy. I will find the defendant not guilty even if they claim in open court they did it, but the law is bad."

(Basis and justification of jury nullification.)

Edit: Seriously, -1's? Given how many bad laws there are, judging the law first, then the defendant should be a given.


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ceejayozyesterday at 2:47 PM

You're getting downvotes because openly stating it like this is gonna get you contempt of court.