Assertion: jury | /r/HasAspect | the power
Facets:
value: clearly
type: MANNER
value: for any reason
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: This can create a persuasive precedent for future cases, or render prosecutors reluctant to bring a charge – thus a jury has the power to influence the law.
text: Few juries will realise that they have this power unless advised by the judge.
text: The end result of these cases reaffirms that juries have the power to render unreviewable general verdicts of acquittal, making it nearly impossible to definitely prove that nullification occurred.
text: The Supreme Court in 2006 issued a decision, R. v. Krieger, 2006 SCC 47, which confirmed that juries in Canada have the power to refuse to apply the law when their consciences require that they do so.
text: but they do have the power to do so when their consciences permit of no other course".
text: In 1895, the Court ruled in Sparf v. US that juries do have the power to nullify the law.
text: If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused, is unjust, or that exigent circumstances justified the actions of the accused, or for any reason which appeals to their logic or passion, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide by that decision.
text: Juries clearly have the power to nullify; whether they also have the right to nullify is another question.
text: It is clear that juries do have the power to nullify.