Rethinking Jury Nullification Page 1 RETHINKING JURY NULLIFICATION Andrew D. Leipold*
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Must a jury always apply the judge's instructions on the law rigorously to the facts of a
criminal case and convict whenever the law has been violated? Or should the jurors also be …

Jury nullification is a mechanism, and a defense, which allows the jury, as representatives of
the community, to disregard both the law and the evidence and acquit defendants who have …

Recently, critics of the Anglo-American jury system have complained that juries in criminal
trials have been ignoring the law, in favor of defendants who claim that they lack criminal …

It was late August, 1814. The British army had scattered the American force at Bladensburg,
burned the Capitol, the Executive Mansion (which has been known as the White House …

Alan W. Scheflin* Jon M. Van Dyke** The power of a jury to soften the harsh commands of
the law and return a verdict that corresponds to the community's sense of moral justice has …

During the past few years, the results of high-profile criminal trials have led to increasing
public debate concerning the criminal trial jury. In this period, juries acquitted OJ …

STEVENSON v. STATE 289 Md. 167 (1980) 423 A.2d 558 DOROTHY LOU STEVENSON v.
STATE OF MARYLAND [No. 98, September Term, 1979.] Court of Appeals of Maryland. …

US v. POLIZZI 549 F.Supp.2d 308 (2008) UNITED STATES of America, v. Peter POLIZZI,
Defendant. No. 06-CR-22 (JBW). United States District Court, ED New York. April 1, 2008. 317 …