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What is jury nullification and what does it mean for Luigi Mangione’s defense? | CNN
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My unpopular opinion on this is that the jury should find him guilty, if there is sufficient evidence.
Luigi may not deserve to be punished, but a justice system where juries just make up the law based on the vibe of the case sounds much worse than whatever we have now.
I do believe that there is a time to kill, but one would do so willing to bear the consequences.
Why have juries at all then?
Because they prevent corrupt judges pronouncing innocent defendants guilty.
Yeah, because cops never lie or plant evidence. Surely we can make such decisions based solely on what they've publicly said. /s
The whole point of a defense attorney and jury is to determine the strength of the evidence.
If a jury feels that evidence is insufficient, that's "reasonable doubt" and they can simply return a verdict of not guilty. You don't need jury nullification for that.
A part of me is with you. The end goal is equally applied rule of law, so it’s important to respect the system when you’re trying to improve it, right?
However, I think you could argue that the jury and its power to nullify is very much an intended check within the system. It’s kind of an ideal situation where “the people” get to bookend the legal process. They vote for the people making the laws, and they have the final OK before somebody gets sent to prison.
But that is all assuming people perceive the system as working for them to a reasonable degree. If it’s simply broken then why would people go along with the BS while hoping and voting for a better system? They can still vote for a better system while reducing harm in other ways.
There’s also the pragmatic side of me that wants to see good results for humanity (which includes our environment) regardless of the text of the local laws. And yeah, it’s very much a two-edged sword when random citizens do what they think is “right.” Bad examples of it are everywhere. But taking things case by case, what Luigi did was akin to shooting a serial killer between their murder stops. And more importantly, it shines a giant public light on the fact that real people suffer and die so that other people who are already set for life will make $10 million next year instead of only $9 million.
The jury's power to nullify is not an intended check.
If the jury is intended to weild this power then you don't need a judge at all. Jury's can just make up the law based on the vibe of the case.
Piss off with that noise.
A good point well made.
https://youtu.be/B-2qrFlwYlY
If you can't put together why I am linking you a 50 year old workers conflict in response to your comment, well I don't want to even talk to someone that can't understand common sense.
Sorry mate I'm not going to watch an hour and a half long video so I can understand your common sense.