Assertion: jury nullification | /r/CapableOf | undermine the rule of law
Facets:
value: relative to a system
type: OTHER
value: somehow
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Juries in areas when racism is deeply entrenched, as in the Jim Crow South, could acquit white perpetrators of violence against non-whites; it creates the possibility of unequal punishments in different cases for the same crime; and some argue that it undermines the rule of law and sets the stage for anarchy.
text: It seems that the most common sort of objection to jury nullification turns on claiming that it somehow undermines the rule of law.
text: Relative to a system where laws really are "uniformly applied, without excessive discretion," jury nullification can indeed undermine the rule of law.