CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Drug Courts In The United States, Jury Nullification, In Essence
7 Feb 2016
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Last of the courtroom players (judge, prosecutor, defendant) Made up of random citizens taken off the street with no background. Supposed to be a panel of peers (not professional lawyers); normal, 1) decide whether defendant is found guilty or not guilty (never talk in law everyday citizens about innocence) reasonable doubt: legal guilt is a status based upon being found guilty beyond a. 2) are instructed to consider only the evidence presented in court. When jury disregards evidence presented at trial and acquits an factually guilty defendant. 1) jurors cannot be punished for a wrong decision. 2) you cannot be tried for the same crime if found not guilty (there is double jeopardy) the guy did it, the jury lets him go (cid:1) (cid:1) Reading: racially based jury nullification: black power in the criminal. Argues that it"s not a bug of our system, it"s a strategy.
