How Jury Nullification Is Typically Misunderstood by Lawyers and Judges by Paul Grant
Channel: FIJANational
Date: 2016-05-06

Paul Grant presents the first paper on the ACJS 2016 panel "Juries and Jury Nullification in Law and Practice". He discusses what most judges and lawyers don't understand about jury nullification, specifically focusing on the case of Laura Kriho, a client of his who was prosecuted in retaliation for possible jury nullification in a case for which she served as a juror. Happily, Kriho prevailed in the end, and Colorado jurors still today have the right and power to conscientiously acquit defendants, even if it means setting aside the law to do so.

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