Jury nullification : the jurisprudence of jurors' privilege / by Travis Hreno.
Hreno, Travis, 1967- author.
2024
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Author
Hreno, Travis, 1967- author.
Title
Jury nullification : the jurisprudence of jurors' privilege / by Travis Hreno.
Published
[Cambridge, United Kingdom] : Ethics International Press, 2024.
Copyright
©2024
Call Number
KF8982 .H746 2024
ISBN
9781804410905
180441090X
9781804414194
1804414190
Description
xix, 212 pages ; 22 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
CIPO000034047
System Control No.
18190192
(OCoLC)1417183219
Summary
"Jury nullification, in its simplest definition, occurs when a jury returns a not guilty verdict for a defendant it believes to be legally guilty of the crime charged. To put this explicitly, a jury nullifies when, despite believing both a) that the defendant did, beyond a reasonable doubt, commit the act/omission in question, and b) that such behavior is, in fact, prohibited by law, nevertheless declares the defendant innocent. This book explores the specifically philosophical aspects of the phenomenon. Is jury nullification a right? A power? A mere ability? A privilege? A pernicious form of juror malfeasance? Is a system that allows for jury nullification more, or less just, than one that does not? This important book fills a gap in the current scholarship around jury nullification"-- Back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-212).
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Introduction
Part 1. Jury nullification
The historical development and contemporary law of jury nullification
The 'necessity' of nullification
Part 2. The nullification instruction
The failure of the rights/power approach
Arguments offered in support of the nullification instruction
Arguments offered in opposition to the nullification instruction
Conclusion.

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