Some crimes shouldn’t lead to convictions.

In an ideal world we wouldn’t need them.

It would better to repeal bad law, but nullification is a needed last line of defense.

It’s not surprising to learn that the government does not like jury nullification.

Juries should pursue justice, not act as rubber stamps.

After World War II, some Germans tried to defend venal behavior by claiming that they were “just following orders” from their government. Governments in America have never done anything nearly as awful as the Nazis, but there certainly are some very unpleasant blemishes in our past – and some very bad laws today. This raises […]