ianbetteridge,
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If you are ever called to jury service, always remember that in the UK the jury is entitled to bring in what's called a “perverse verdict”: accepting that the accused committed the crime, but finding them not guilty anyway.

The government hates juries knowing this.

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/12/23/12-not-guilty-verdicts-for-elbit-8/

ianbetteridge,
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Why do I say governments hate this? Because they're prepared to imprison people who tell juries about that right.

https://goodlawproject.org/trudi-warner-climate-jury-facing-prison/

localzuk,
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@ianbetteridge whatever happened to freedom of expression?

forteller,
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@ianbetteridge Jesus Christ!

NaturaArtisMagistra,
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@ianbetteridge

Americans are fond of trying to get out of jury duty.

CosmicTrigger,
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@ianbetteridge

In the USA it's called "jury nullification" and judges will usually silence anyone who tries to explain that to a jury

me,
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@ianbetteridge ah, so it's the UK version of jury nullification?

ianbetteridge,
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@me Yep!

ErisCaffee,
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@ianbetteridge @me More like jury nullification is the US version of a perverse verdict. We inherited it from British law when we declared independence. I don't know why the names are different, though.

scottearle,
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@ErisCaffee @ianbetteridge @me Probably because puritans. Can’t have anything perverse on the books

me,
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@scottearle @ErisCaffee @ianbetteridge and yet sometimes people talk about perverse incentives

scottearle,
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@me @ErisCaffee @ianbetteridge They’re just perverts

quixoticgeek,
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@ianbetteridge not guilty?

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