THE VIDEO SHELF · jury nullification

Watching This Video Disqualifies You From Jury Duty for Life

CGP Grey explains jury nullification, a juror's power to acquit despite the law, and why mentioning it can get you struck from jury selection.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN links it as the clearest short explainer of jury nullification and how the jury system works, often in threads on prosecutors and trials.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

I'm sorry, but that's a rather inaccurate view as to the justification for jury nullification. It is not a thing that's directly provided for in the law, it's a confluence of two legal principles: juries can't be held liable for their decisions, and the prohibition …
Karunamon on Hacker News · 2015-04
In A Grand Juror Speaks: The inside story of how prosecutors always get their way
Feels like a pretty unethical article on an 'ethical' website. They clearly have a bias on the issues of the cases which they didn't even need to mention. CGP Grey did a interesting video on this [VIDEO] CGP Grey claim now you know the idea …
aaron695 on Hacker News · 2021-06
In A Juror’s Guide to Going Rogue
CGP Grey has a video discussing jury nullification, for those interested in a further explanation of the subject: [VIDEO]
cornstalks on Hacker News · 2022-08
In Man arrested for promoting jury nullification wins federal case

Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.