Function of Juries &Jury Nullification FIJA | 12 May 2014
-Judge ‘Edits’ Case Heard by Jury
There has been much outcry over the conviction and imprisonment of Occupy activist Cecily McMillan, including a letter from 9 out of 12 of her jurors themselves begging the judge not to include any incarceration in her sentence. Given that he currently has her locked up at Rikers Island before she has even been sentenced, […]