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Jurors do not have to "follow the law". If it was that simple, we would just let the judge decide innocence and guilt.
Jurors can acquit people they know are guilty, so it stands to reason they can convict someone they know are innocent. It's not ideal, just superior to the alternative.
The alternative it some places is to have a panel of multiple judges instead. Jury is stupid.
Just to be clear for any idiots in the room, and there's a lot in this particular room:
Yes, jurors have to follow the law. You will be instructed on what it is for your region.
What they can't do is prove your decision was against the law unless you're stupid enough to admit it.
Thank you, I'm going crazy in here watching stupid people pull shit out of their ass so confidently.
Like the idiot you responded to who thinks that there aren't any legal rules to being a Juror. How are people upvoting such a stupid statement?
Yeah, a Juror has the ability to choose a verdict, and cannot be coerced into a specific verdict. However, deliberately choosing an unfitting verdict, such as insisting on guilt without evidence or while admitting reasonable doubt, is a violation of the oath you take as a Juror, and it can lead to being perjured.
The Juror in question admitted that there was reasonable doubt in the case, but refused to drop his guilty verdict. This was a direct violation of the law. You cannot legally acknowledge reasonable doubt, but insist on a guilty verdict. There are actually "wrong" choices by a juror. There was an attempt to remove this juror from the case because of his illegal conduct, but the judge decided letting the jury deadlock a third time for a mistrial would be better for some reason.
It's important to note that if it were not for this openly MAGA, law-breaking juror, the rest of the jurors were locked in on acquittal because the evidence points to a psychotic episode, and not a deliberate act of malice.
Part of how jury nullification works is that jurors can't be held accountable for the verdict. They can in theory be charged with perjury if it can be proven they lied under oath during voir dire, but that's more of a threat than a reality. In a civil case it's possible for a judge to set aside a verdict if there's clearly no evidence, but that's not possible for criminal charges.
From what I was told during selection you have to be honest but you cannot be punished for your answers nor can a juror be punished for how they vote.