Jury Nullification Is Not a Crime
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As it turned out, the pre-mistrial perception that the Lindsay Clancy jury was divided 11 to one was correct. With three jurors speaking out, it’s become clear that one juror, desp...
A House committee is investigating two Washington, D.C.- based organizations for allegedly training members in jury nullification. The House Committee on Oversight and Governme...
A new campaign by the Cato Institute aims to educate jurors on their right to vote their conscience against unjust laws and sentences.
The jury room can risk becoming a mere numbers game — a race to a unanimous verdict that targets dissenting voices rather than thoroughly analyzing the testimony. But when a single...
Several jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial appear to have openly admitted to violating jury instruction by using their own experience to make their decision on a verdict while deli...
Just as a holdout may be a bulwark against wrongful conviction, a unanimous verdict is difficult to obtain by design.
A jury has one job: to decide a criminal case on the evidence and the law. That’s it. When jurors approach a verdict as a chance to advance a cause, even the strongest prosecution...
Michael P. Desronvil, the holdout juror who sparked a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy case, has revealed personal misgivings about his fellow jurors and the certainty of his own bel...
Some colorful lawyer wisdom (see, e.g., Dunn v. U.S. (5th Cir. 1962)); I found versions of this in newspapers going back… The post "If You Throw a Skunk into the Jury Box, You Can'...
Accused of domestic violence. ✓Questions about whether he lied on his jury questionnaire. ✓Ignores facts. ✓ CBS News reported that... CBS News legal analyst Caroline Polisi said th...
Mayes was convicted of two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety while armed, possession of a firearm by a felon, and felony witness intimidation. The post 6th Amend...
First, the assumption was that the Clancy deadlock was between the men and women on the jury, because it had to be women who would side with the defendant who killed her three chil...
The jury in D.C. Councilmember Trayon White’s federal bribery trial was split 9-3 in favor of acquittal, his defense attorney says. The judge declared a mistrial Monday after juror...
A jury's purpose is not to produce a verdict that pleases the public. The post Being A Juror In A High-Profile Court Case Could Be Exciting, But It Comes With A Huge Cost appeared...
A grand jury in Mississippi has unanimously returned a “no true bill” in the death investigation of Nolan Wells, meaning no one will be indicted based on the evidence presented.
After accusations, media interviews and questions about the juror's past, Judge William Sullivan has refused to order an evidentiary hearing into his conduct The post Lindsay Clanc...
The man who held out against a not-guilty verdict for Lindsay Clancy is being hailed a ‘hero.’
Spokane residents recently convicted of federal conspiracy charges for protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year are seeking acquittal or retrial, arguing the jury w...
Judge William Sullivan denied a defense motion to examine the Clancy mistrial holdout juror's phone, ruling post-trial evidence is irrelevant.
by Ray Cardello at CDN - I can speak from personal experience on this topic because I have been there and done that. I served on a Massachusetts Superior Court jury for a month an...
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