Essay On Jury Nullification
Jury nullification
July 28th 2013
CJA/344
Johnny Cotton
Jury Nullification Page one
Jury Nullification Ethnicity plays a big role in courtroom proceedings as well as judicial practices from all parts of the criminal justice system. It is anywhere from the initial intake of a person to the time the person is sentenced. Everyone involved in the proceeding has to perform certain duties to their highest ability and they have to be fair to everyone that is involved in the court proceedings. If a person is a different race or gender it may not always be the case that the people have to be fair or perform certain duties. There is statistical research that has proven in the past twenty years that there is a …show more content…
The relatives and friends of two teenagers that were accused in beating a Mexican immigrant to death are having a hard time containing the relief of the non-guilty verdict that was announced for the most serious charges that were filed against the two former high school football stars. There were people in the courtroom that had to be restrained by the sheriffs that were in the courtroom because these people were trying to run up to the defense table after the two boys named Derrick Donchack, and Brandon Piekarsky, got acquitted of reckless endangerment, aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation for the beating death of the immigrant Luis Ramirez. One of the boys was also announced not guilty for the murder of Ramierez. Ramierez died from blunt force injuries after a confrontation with the same teens the summer before. The jury nullification was very clear in this case. The jury in the case was an all-white jury. The all-white jury was not going to convict the two young white males of murdering the Mexican immigrant. The prosecutors in the case say that the two white teens baited the immigrant into a fight with racial epithets. They provoked an exchange of kicks and punches which ended in the Mexican convulsing in the middle of the street and foaming from his mouth. He was brought to the hospital and died two days
July 28th 2013
CJA/344
Johnny Cotton
Jury Nullification Page one
Jury Nullification Ethnicity plays a big role in courtroom proceedings as well as judicial practices from all parts of the criminal justice system. It is anywhere from the initial intake of a person to the time the person is sentenced. Everyone involved in the proceeding has to perform certain duties to their highest ability and they have to be fair to everyone that is involved in the court proceedings. If a person is a different race or gender it may not always be the case that the people have to be fair or perform certain duties. There is statistical research that has proven in the past twenty years that there is a …show more content…
The relatives and friends of two teenagers that were accused in beating a Mexican immigrant to death are having a hard time containing the relief of the non-guilty verdict that was announced for the most serious charges that were filed against the two former high school football stars. There were people in the courtroom that had to be restrained by the sheriffs that were in the courtroom because these people were trying to run up to the defense table after the two boys named Derrick Donchack, and Brandon Piekarsky, got acquitted of reckless endangerment, aggravated assault and ethnic intimidation for the beating death of the immigrant Luis Ramirez. One of the boys was also announced not guilty for the murder of Ramierez. Ramierez died from blunt force injuries after a confrontation with the same teens the summer before. The jury nullification was very clear in this case. The jury in the case was an all-white jury. The all-white jury was not going to convict the two young white males of murdering the Mexican immigrant. The prosecutors in the case say that the two white teens baited the immigrant into a fight with racial epithets. They provoked an exchange of kicks and punches which ended in the Mexican convulsing in the middle of the street and foaming from his mouth. He was brought to the hospital and died two days