... to govern by majority rules, while still maintaining minority rights. Jury nullification epitomizes this theory and brings the law back into the hands of the people. By subjecting the laws of our nation to the approval of the masses the interests of both the majority and the minority are preserved. The doctrine of jury nullification is the power of a jury to find a defendant innocent because they believe that ... the minority must have the ability to remedy the situation through the use of jury nullification. In 1994 the FIJA proposed The Fully Informed Jury Bill. In short it stated tha...

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