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What's something that feels illegal to know?
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It's also been used by black juries to protest mass incarceration and civil rights. The so called "Bronx jury" phenomenon.
Of course this might not be explicit nullification but rather the experiences of minority juries and their skepticism of the police leading to genuine reasonable doubt.
I have to admit, this is the dilemma I see; no system - Democracy, Law, Businesses, achieve their goals if a huge number of its participants have ulterior motives. You can't put 8 people in a room, and give them a "system" where they will move a ball from one side to the other, if 7 of them don't want to move it.
So while I hate the racists appearing on juries, I'm still not sure I'd use that as a justification against the practice.