Jury Nullification, aka The Citizen's Veto, is a necessary consequence of the rights enjoyed by the citizens. It might not be a right, but it is a valid form of lawfare. It is a tool we should use to undermine bad laws.
That bad laws exist is, in my opinion, undeniable. I mostly have in mind, currently, the drug laws that have imprisoned tons of recreational users for the high crime of smoking a doob. The mere choice to partake is not unethical and should not be illegal. We should not expect juries to uphold these laws. We should make the jobs of prosecutors absolute hell if they want to ruin someone's life for doing something that is not unethical. Jury Nullification, aka The Citizen's Veto, is how we do that.
That bad laws exist is, in my opinion, undeniable. I mostly have in mind, currently, the drug laws that have imprisoned tons of recreational users for the high crime of smoking a doob. The mere choice to partake is not unethical and should not be illegal. We should not expect juries to uphold these laws. We should make the jobs of prosecutors absolute hell if they want to ruin someone's life for doing something that is not unethical. Jury Nullification, aka The Citizen's Veto, is how we do that.