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A Defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to Jury Nullification

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2016
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Jury nullification is defined as a "Jury's knowing and deliberate rejection of the evidence, or refusal to apply the law" (Black's Law Dictionary). Originally, U.S. jurisprudence recognized a juror's power to nullify a law as a necessary element of an impartial jury. However, U.S. courts have since been evolving an increasingly prohibitive stance regarding jury nullification. After careful examination of common law, U.S. case law, and analysis of legal and political theories which shaped the U.S. judicial system, I argue that a defendant's sixth amendment right will always be violated when a jury is prohibited from knowing its power of nullification and/or when a juror is reprimanded for exercising the nullification power.
Title: A Defendant's Sixth Amendment Right to Jury Nullification.
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Name(s): Smith, Jeremiah Shank
Tunick, Mark
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Thesis
Date Created: 2016
Date Issued: 2016
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Florida
Physical Form: pdf
Extent: 97 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Jury nullification is defined as a "Jury's knowing and deliberate rejection of the evidence, or refusal to apply the law" (Black's Law Dictionary). Originally, U.S. jurisprudence recognized a juror's power to nullify a law as a necessary element of an impartial jury. However, U.S. courts have since been evolving an increasingly prohibitive stance regarding jury nullification. After careful examination of common law, U.S. case law, and analysis of legal and political theories which shaped the U.S. judicial system, I argue that a defendant's sixth amendment right will always be violated when a jury is prohibited from knowing its power of nullification and/or when a juror is reprimanded for exercising the nullification power.
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Note(s): Includes bibliography.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2016.
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