A judge has dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state’s case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state’s second-degree murder charges against him.
If you say the words “jury nullification” before you’re selected, you’ll 100% be disqualified. If you say it after you’re selected… you’ll probably still be disqualified. There’s really no reason at all to say those words anywhere near an actual jury. But you can explain the idea, carefully, and maybe not too explicitly.
A jury is the final arbiter of the law. If you decide that throwing a sandwich does not constitute assault, then it’s not assault.
No. It won’t.
If you say the words “jury nullification” before you’re selected, you’ll 100% be disqualified. If you say it after you’re selected… you’ll probably still be disqualified. There’s really no reason at all to say those words anywhere near an actual jury. But you can explain the idea, carefully, and maybe not too explicitly.
A jury is the final arbiter of the law. If you decide that throwing a sandwich does not constitute assault, then it’s not assault.