Assertion: jury nullification | /r/HasProperty | de facto power of juries
Facets:
value: de
type: DEGREE
value: simply
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Jury nullification is a de facto power of juries to acquit a guilty defendant based on a refusal to accept the law under which the defendant is charged with a crime.
text: Jury nullification is a de facto power of the jury, and is not ordinarily described as a right.
text: Jury nullification is not inherently a crank issue; it is simply a de facto power of juries, nor is the promotion of jury nullification necessarily a crank issue when it is done to remind juries they have this right with the intended effect of ensuring the law is not unjustly applied and ensuring against showboat trials by prosecutors trying to advance their own careers.