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Racism in a jury could return an innocent black man with a guilty verdict.
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One of the main concerns of jury nullification is that it allows the people to take the law into their own hands. For an example one can imagine a wife being beaten and abused by her husband. He makes her life a living hell and bosses her around. One day she snaps and is unable to take the pressure of his tyranny...
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