JURY NULLIFICATION Jury Nullification Paper University of Phoenix Theresa Weekly December 5‚ 2010 Introduction Jury nullification is the act of a jury in exonerating a defendant‚ even though they are truly guilty of violating the law. When this happens‚ the defendant is found innocent‚ even though without an act of jury nullification they would have been found
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Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is accredited as the main source of establishing the fundamentals of modern Western philosophy and logic. He is notably known for creating the Socratic method‚ Socratic irony and contributing to the field of ethics. Socrates was ahead of his time as he established an ethical system based on logos‚ human reason‚ rather than mythos‚ theological doctrine. This change from fables claiming divine warrant‚ to the pursuit of knowledge of central concepts and
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The Jury System CLU 3M1 By: Khalil Meghji The jury system has been used for thousands of years to fairly determine innocence or guilt in a trial. Although not utilized as much as in the past it is still used for most criminal and some civil cases. This leads to an unjust legal system full of bias. The jury system was first seen in use by the ancient Greeks thousands of years ago[1]. Though the system was the fairest
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Socrates: 1. Sophists ~> professional teachers... Socrates was the greatest of them all (469-399 B.C.E.) 2. Followed the Sophists’ lead in turning away from the study of the cosmos and concentrating on the case of the human. Unlike the way the Sophists discoursed about the human being‚ he wanted to base all argumentation on objectively valid definitions. 3. Socrates’ discourse moved in two directions A. Outward - to objective definitions B. Inward - to discover the inner person‚ the
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The jury system has deep historical roots and has been described by Lord Devlin in title ‘Trial by Jury’ as ‘the lamp that shows the freedom lives’. Juries allow the citizens to take part in the administration of justice so that verdicts are seen to be those of society rather the judicial system. Furthermore‚ in Justice‚ Democracy and the Jury‚ named Gobart James stated that freeing the jury from the law and precedent allows them to follow their conscience and good sense‚ and juries instinctively
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Jury It must be recognise that the early function of jury is very different form what it is today. The very first jury had acted as witness and provides information to the court. Later‚ Henry II changed the function of jury to one who deliberates on evidence. Slowly‚ the jury system mold into the system we have today. [1] The system by which we are familiar with today‚ i.e. juries giving verdicts on the basis of what is related to them by witnesses at the court hearing was coming into prominence
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Jury Nullification Jury Nullification Natalie Popoff CJA/344 Torria Richardson Jury Nullification “It is not only the juror’s right‚ but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding‚ judgment‚ and conscience‚ though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.” This is what John Adams said of jury nullification. John Jay‚ who was the first justice of the Supreme Court said‚ “The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy
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Jury Nullification Vanessa Oregel GA12BCJ04 6/12/13 Barry Brooks Jury Nullification Jury nullification can be defined as a jury who believes the defendant is guilty of the charges. Jury nullification occurs when a criminal trial jury refuses to convict a defendant despite proof of guilt because the jurors believe the law is unjust or is being unjustly applied. According to the studies 3 to 4 percent of jury criminal trials involve jury nullification. There is no way to prevent jury nullification
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Urealysuk9@aol.com SOCRATES THE PHILOSOPHER Socrates is a noteworthy and important historical figure as a philosopher‚ because of his and his pupils’ influence on the development of the philosophical world. His teachings‚ famous arguments‚ and ideas began the outgrowth of all later western philosophies. Born in 469 BC just outside of Athens‚ Socrates was brought up properly‚ and thoroughly educated. He was raised as most Athenians; developing both physical and mental strengths. Socrates then went on to
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Even though most people believe that the jury system is a necessity to having a fair trial‚ I believe the exact opposite. I believe that the jury is made up of 12 people that have no clue what they are even doing there. Ben Shapiro‚ a writer from The Patriot Post once wrote‚” The problem with juries is that they are generally composed of the 12 people stupid enough to get out of jury duty.” I say that if we want to keep the jury system around‚ we have to make improvement to it. We need to educate
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