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      [Noun]  | "jury nullification" 


      1: the acquitting of a defendant by a jury in disregard of the judge's instructions and contrary to the jury's findings of fact


      Origin: 1972 ;

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       [ "Jury Nullification" ]

      1: A term used when a person is proven to be almost if not 100% guilty by the evidence but the court decides to let them go.

        * e.g.,  ... "hey did you here about the guy who was accursed of murder, left DNA evidence was court on camera and there where witnesses?" "no what happened?" "the court let him go coz he seemed like a nice guy" "that's retarded" "its called Jury nullification, and yes" 

       [ "Jury Nullification" ]

      1: The easiest way to get out of Jury duty. Where you plead not guilty no matter what the verdict is, the judge usually kicks you out trying to save the jurisdiction of the case. -Credit to Manswers-

        * e.g.,  ... -Sunday 

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