Jury Nulification

In 2016, Above the Law received criticism from many publications when its Breaking Media Editor at Large, Elie Mystal, wrote an article suggesting that jury nullification of crimes by African Americans against whites could be used by jurors as a form of protest.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}

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^{Like a lot of Americans, I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I encourage any juror who thinks the police or prosecutors have crossed the line in a particular case to refuse to convict…}

^{Confronting the crisis in criminal justice, jury nullification gives jurors a special power to send the message that American lives matter. If they think that the police are treating Americans unfairly — by engaging in profiting from cases and conflicts of interest and profiling or using excessive force — they don’t have to convict, even if think the defendant is guilty.}