Attorneys argue juries should know they don't need to convict on unpopular abortion and drug laws
Merely mentioning it in court could lead to a mistrial.
Jury nullification, where juries look the other way when someone breaks a law they find unjust, can help a defendant land an acquittal. That get-out-of-jail-free card is all but disappearing from courtrooms.
Defense attorneys want it back and some say the rise in laws criminalizing abortions or continued criminalization of marijuana — or other drug laws — could make the technique more prominent in the future.
Kirsten Tynan, executive director of the Fully Informed Jury Association, is usually scanning social media to find people talking about jury nullification. But the rare legal maneuver rarely popped up until The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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