" The practice has been used by juries in the United States since the 1800s to nullify anti-free speech laws and laws punishing northerners for helping runaway slaves. It has most recently been used in drug cases when juries have viewed laws as discriminatory."
Quite. It has also within living memory meant that in some places a white man could not be convicted of killing a black man (or a northern white).
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[ 4.0 ms ] story [ 17.6 ms ] threadQuite. It has also within living memory meant that in some places a white man could not be convicted of killing a black man (or a northern white).