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jury nullification: a standalone construct

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Legal psychology

jurors acquitting a defendant despite evidence of guilt because they view the law or its application as unjust.

In legal psychology, jury nullification refers to jurors acquitting a defendant despite evidence of guilt because they view the law or its application as unjust. This meaning comes from Horowitz (1985) in Law and Human Behavior.[1]

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Horowitz, I. A. (1985). The effect of jury nullification instruction on verdicts and jury functioning in criminal trials. Law and Human Behavior, 9(1), 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01044287

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