Jury Nullification
New Hampshire House Passes Bill to Require Fully Informed Juries
CONCORD, N.H. (March 15, 2018) – Today, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would require courts to fully inform juries of their right to vote “not guilty” when “a guilty verdict will yield an unjust result.” 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) – A bill pre-filed in the New Hampshire House would require courts to fully inform juries of their right to vote “not guilty” when “a guilty verdict will yield an unjust result.” 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) – 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 133 (HB133) would have required courts to “inform the jury of its...