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RogueOne1/25/2010 6:52:02 am PST

Interesting story from a writer at the Washington Post who got called for jury duty:
washingtonpost.com


Last week I was a juror in the trial of a man accused of selling a $10 bag of heroin to an undercover police officer. At the end of the two days of testimony, I concluded that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. I also concluded that he should be acquitted.

In my mind, it came down to a simple, unsettling question: Is it worse to let a drug dealer go free, or to reward the police for lying under oath?

He knew the guy was guilty and knew the cops lied so he decided to go the way of “Jury Nullification”. He didn’t get to follow through, he was an alternate, but it seems the rest of the jurors came to the same conclusion anyway.