Jury Nullification in New Orleans: Jurors Refuse to Convict
Recently, Louisiana prosecutors were forced to drop felony charges against a man after nearly 2 dozen potential jurors balked at criminal charges for illegal possession and none were left in the pool for the day. Whether this is a revolt or a kind of preemptive jury...
Louisiana Jurors Refuse to Consider Criminal Marijuana Charges, Effectively Nullify Law
NEW ORLEANS, La. (Oct. 21, 2019) – Louisiana prosecutors were forced to drop felony marijuana charges against a man after potential jurors balked at criminal charges for cannabis possession. Police busted Jabar Kensey on Bourbon Street with an ounce of...