Jury nullification can also happen when juries dislike a prosecutor, or when the person filing a civil lawsuit is unlikeable.
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Jury Nullification
When juries acquit people who definitely committed a crime. It happens if jury members think a conviction would be unfair or or would result in a harsh sentence they don'tt want to be connected with.
Citation: Crown v. John Peter Zenger, 1735
Annulation par le jury
Quand les jurys acquittent des personnes qui ont définitivement commis un crime. Cela se produit si les membres du jury estiment qu'une condamnation serait injuste ou entraînerait une peine sévère à laquelle ils ne veulent pas être associés.
