law and justice
type: Concept
narrower: jury nullification

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: jury nullification

courts
type: Concept
narrower: jury nullification

trial processes
type: Concept
narrower: jury nullification

jury nullification
type: Concept
definition: Jury nullification is the term used to describe a jury's acquittal of a criminal defendant in a case in which the evidence and law strongly support a conviction. Jury nullification has sometimes been called “a verdict according to conscience” and defined expansively as any verdict that better satisfies the jurors' collective sense of justice than one that comports with the weight of the evidence and the applicable law. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Jury Nullification]
broader: trial processes
broader: law and justice
broader: courts