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Trial by jury
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Clay S. Conrad
Country: United States

The author of "Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine" writes an appreciation of jury nullification in the context of personal liberty and the Bill of Rights. (12/9/98)

Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine (Chapter 1)
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Clay S. Conrad
Country: United States

The first chapter of "Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine." The full book is available for purchase at the Cato Web site. Adobe PDF. (1998)

In jury rooms, a form of civil protest grows
Source: MapInc/Washington Post
Author: Thom Marshall
Country: United States

Jury nullification has caught like wildfire in the nation's courtrooms, doubling and quadrupling the rate of hung juries. (2/8/99)

Anti-government sentiment may affect trials
Source: Lubbock Online/AP
Country: United States

Hostility toward government power and abuses has made "guilty" verdicts increasingly elusive in political cases -- especially in the West. (4/6/97)

Facing charges and considering trial by jury?
Source: FIJA
Country: United States

Advice on presenting a defense based in jury nullification.

The minority rules
Source: Civil Liberties
Author: J.D. Tuccille
Country: United States

Pro-freedom types frustrated by the unpopularity of their views can find some relief in the jury box. (8/23/99)

2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals condemns jury nullification
Source: National Drug Strategy Network
Country: United States

In a unanimous 1997 opinion growing out of the U.S. v. Thomas case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit denounced the practice of jury nullification, calling it "a violation of a juror's sworn duty to follow the law as instructed by the court." (1997)

Trial reforms would curb juries' ability to acquit despite evidence
Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Country: United States

Legal experts troubled by jury independence are pushing for "reforms" that would strengthen the hand of the prosecution. (4/96)

What lawyers and judges won't tell you about juries
Source: Progressive Review
Country: United States

Exposition on jury nullification from a left-of center perspective, with an emphasis on the large role played by libertarians. (1990)

U.S. v. Thomas
Source: Jury Rights Project/2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Country: United States

Perhaps the most important judicial attack on jury independence and the right to nullify. (1997)

Jury trial, jury nullification, and the Kriho case
Source: National Law Journal
Author: Harvey A. Silverglate
Country: United States

Silverglate, former head of the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, points to the legal assault on celebrated jury nullifier Laura Kriho as part of a larger attack on jury independence. (12/6/96)

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