Jury nullification

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounAn acquittal by a jury of a defendant ignoring the facts of the case and/or the law.

"The prosecutor thought he lost the case, not due to the creation of reasonable doubt, but due to jury nullification."

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