The enemies of the concept of jury power have called it jury nullification. Sounds negative, doesn it?
We prefer to call the practice of using one’s conscience in the jury room to achieve liberty and justice: jury power, jury independence, jury discretion, jury veto, or jury referendum. Q: I saw on the 20/20 television show that jury nullification is defined as the practice of jurors voting to acquit a defendant based on race rather than the evidence. They had a George Washington law school professor named Paul Butler on who advocates that black people use jury power to acquit blacks accused of non-violent crimes. I believe that one should judge people on the content of their character, not the color of their skin. Does LS-FIJA support racial nullification? A: LS-FIJA believes that principles of justice should be applied equally to all, regardless of race. Had Professor Butler left out the racial aspect of his presentation and reasoning and focused on victimless (instead of non-violent) crimes, we would have had little disagreement with his message. We believe he does untold damage to t
