It was used to prevent the return of slaves to the south by northern juries. But shielding the negative consequences of a law for some people is a band-aid and only prolongs the existence of the law. For example, +-50% of Americans have smoked marijuana at some point. Marijuana prohibition would last about 5 minutes if we all had to suffer its consequences equally.
I'd vote to nullify an unjust or illegal law. Just because something is unjust doesn't mean it should be enforced. If it's unenforceable because juries always reject it, then it's still essentially gone. And either way the poor sap who happened to get caught may not deserve the life-ruining consequences.
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Crensch ago
Jury Nullification?
rspix000 ago
It was used to prevent the return of slaves to the south by northern juries. But shielding the negative consequences of a law for some people is a band-aid and only prolongs the existence of the law. For example, +-50% of Americans have smoked marijuana at some point. Marijuana prohibition would last about 5 minutes if we all had to suffer its consequences equally.
Running_Bear23 ago
I'd vote to nullify an unjust or illegal law. Just because something is unjust doesn't mean it should be enforced. If it's unenforceable because juries always reject it, then it's still essentially gone. And either way the poor sap who happened to get caught may not deserve the life-ruining consequences.