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https://beyondcourts.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/Jury-Nullification-Toolkit-English_0.pdf
Everyone should read about jury nullification and spread it everywhere.
You know they'll disqualify anyone who might even hint at knowledge of jury nullification from the jury pool. They'll be selected on their ability to convict solely.
Then they'll need the knowledge and a decent poker face 🤷
Now you're asking them to commit perjury - which is also bad. (In case anyone reads this and decides to try their best poker face)
Only if they get caught and punished for it. Laws exist to discourage bad behavior, which lying in service of justice isn't, so in this case breaking the law is the morally correct thing to do.
Like shooting a billionaire or the CEO of a predatory corporation.
Sure, whatever, but lying under oath during the jury selection process is a crime called perjury. Morale correctness aside, I'm just trying to keep folks out of jail my dude.
Only if they specifically ask "do you know about jury nullification?"
No, they usually ask something like "Do you have any personal beliefs that would prevent you from returning a guilty verdict involved with this type of crime?" - seriously yall, this shit isn't hard to look up and is usually posted right alongside explanations for what jury nullification is. Frankly, I doubt anyone reading this is rich enough to pull the "you didn't specifically ask about jury nullification therefore I technically did not commit perjury"-card.
Well at least now I know it's effectively illegal for me to be on a jury for the rest of my life. So that's cool.
Wait. They have to swear an oath that they don't know shit about the legal system?
No, you swear an oath to answer honestly during the jury selection process. The lawyers will ask if you have any moral or ethical concerns that would prevent you from convicting the accused - ie you would be willing to engage in jury nullification. If you say no, but you actually do intend to nullify, then you lied under oath and could be found guilty of perjury at that point.
Thats why EVERYONE needs to know it. You can't disqualify everyone.