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Tanner v. United States

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Jury Nullification in American Law

Jury nullification is the idea that juries have the power to essentially nullify a law in specific instances or even generally. This is something that is uncontroversially within the power of American juries, but courts go to great extent to prevent it from happening. A defense lawyer cannot tell the jury pool during vaudir or during closing argument, for instance, about jury nullification.

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