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Additionally jury nullification was one of the reasons why racial killings went unpunished in the South for a great part of our history.

Juries of whites, would not follow the law and convict one of their peers of murdering blacks.

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On the other hand, our freedom of speech has its roots in jury nullification via the John Peter Zenger trial.

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And that was pre-constitution if I remember correctly.Was it 1706?

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Your point is ...

It's still a case where the jury is lauded for nullification in New York. I got a NYC public school award for a story I wrote on it in the 2nd grade.



[peaked a tad early ... ]