Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 12 days agoUS citizens, can you give historical context and examples of jury nullification?message-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareUS citizens, can you give historical context and examples of jury nullification?Blaze (he/him)@feddit.org to AskUSA@discuss.onlineEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZoe@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoAnother example is William Lynch who beat a Jesuit priest who sexually assaulted him as a child and was found not guilty by the jury despite admitting guilt
Another example is William Lynch who beat a Jesuit priest who sexually assaulted him as a child and was found not guilty by the jury despite admitting guilt