Jury Duty? Don't hand out that guilty verdict so quick

Got jury duty? Don't be so bummed about it, it can be a good way to get laws changed if enough people knew about this little bit of information: You can judge the law, not just the person on trial. If you feel that the law they have broken is unjust, it is your right to vote them not guilty, even if there is overwhelming evidence that they have broken said law. The reason for this is that government can pass laws that are unjust, illegal, etc., and try to enforce them, but if all jurors knew that they could judge the law, then those laws would never work because no one would ever be found guilty.

"In United States v. Moylan, 417 F.2d 1002 (4th. Cir. 1969), Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal unanimously ruled: If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused is unjust, or exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic or passion, the jury has the right to acquit, and the courts must abide that decision."
- [link to en.wikipedia.org]


"Jury nullification occurs when the jury acquits a defendant while disregarding a particular law. If a juror has doubts about the fairness of a law, they have the right to find the person innocent even when they have broken the law. When the Constitution was drafted, the definition of the jury referred to a group of citizens who are empowered to judge the law and the evidence in the case before them. This means that the jury has the option to acquit the defendant and disregard the instructions given by the trial judge."

- [link to www.criminaldefenselawyer.com]