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In society, a jury has the power to return a "not guilty" verdict even when the defendant is clearly guilty. In cases like this, the jury may decide that the law broken is unjust. Other times, it may be completely bias against the subjects in question. For example, during the Civil Rights era, an all white jury may find another white man innocent, even if he clearly lynched an African American. This power is called jury nullification and is not a justified response to any verdict.
One of the main concerns of jury nullification is that it allows the people to take the law into their own hands. For an example one can imagine a wife being beaten and abused by her husband. He makes her life a living hell and bosses her around. One day she snaps and is unable to take the pressure of his tyranny. After all the stress builds up, she ends up murdering him in his sleep. When standing trial the jury may feel sorry for the defendant. Though her actions may appear as self defense on......

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