Jury Nullification
New Hampshire House Passes Bill to Require Fully Informed Juries
CONCORD, N.H. (March 15, 2018) –ย Today, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that wouldย require courts to fully inform juries of their right to vote โnot guiltyโ when โa guilty verdict will yield an unjust result.โ A coalition of eight Republican...
Jury Nullification: Why the Bundys Walk From Prosecution
In jury after jury but few of the hundreds engaged in what has been dubbed the Battle of Bunkerville have been prosecuted in a historic confrontation between the federal government and its citizens over western land. A confrontation which at its peak had government...
Bill to Require Fully Informed Juries Introduced in New Hampshire
PROVIDENCE, N.H. (Nov. 21, 2017) โ A bill pre-filed in the New Hampshire House wouldย require courts to fully inform juries of their right to vote โnot guiltyโ when โa guilty verdict will yield an unjust result.โ A coalition of eight representatives pre-filed House...
New Hampshire Senate Kills Bill to Require Courts to Fully Inform Juries
CONCORD, N.H. (May 20, 2017) โ For the second straight year, the New Hampshire Senate has killed a bill to require state courts to fully inform jurors of their right to nullify. Passage of House Bill 133ย (HB133) would have required courts to โinform the jury of its...