A man was wrongfully arrested for standing outside a Bronx courthouse handing out flyers about jury nullification, the practice where juries render "not guilty" verdicts despite overwhelming evidence ...
Dressed in attire covered with profanity and anti-police slogans, two men accused of felony jury tampering pleaded not guilty on Thursday. Eric Brandt, 43, and Mark Iannicelli, 56, giggled as Denver ...
DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of two men who were accused of jury tampering after handing out jury nullification literature on courthouse grounds in 2105. Eric Brandt and Mark ...
In theory, yes. But not in the world we actually live in, where law enforcement is already rife with numerous discretionary decisions made unavoidable by the fact that we have far too many laws. In a ...
In 1955, two white men went on trial in Mississippi for the murder of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago who supposedly had been too friendly to a white woman. In the Jim Crow South, there ...
To those who think jury nullification (letters, Nov. 2) is a good way to protect the little guy from the abusive power of the government: Think again. The historical use of jury nullification was in ...