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This 3 page paper explains the practice of race-based jury nullification and argues against it. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Race-Based Jury Nullification Research Compiled
by K. Von Huben 9/2010 Please Introduction Race-based jury nullification is the practice of juries finding defendants they know to be
guilty, innocent, in order to nullify unfair laws. This is particularly true of black juries finding black defendants innocent due to the perception that the law is inherently and unfairly
skewed against blacks. This paper includes three contemporary examples of race-based jury nullification and argues against the practice. Discussion Two cases that immediately spring to mind in this regard are
O.J. Simpson and Rodney King. Simpson, an African-American, was acquitted on a charge of double murder by a "predominantly black jury"; while the four Los Angeles police officers who beat
African-American Rodney King, which beating was caught on videotape, were acquitted by "a jury containing no blacks" (Abbott & Batt, 2001, p. 3-15). The Simpson verdict provoked outrage among whites
and joy among blacks while the King verdict resulted in "riots and national outrage" (Abbott & Batt, 2001, p. 3-15). The beating of King was so egregious that many whites
were equally outraged when the police officers were acquitted, but there was apparently no such overlap between black and white Americans in the Simpson case. "In fact, black and white
Americans beliefs about O.J. Simpsons guilt were diametrically opposed, with the majority of blacks believing in his innocence and the majority of whites asserting his guilt" (Abbott & Batt, 2001,
p. 3-15). The Simpson jury maintains that race was not a factor in their decision (Abbott & Batt, 2001, p. 3-15). A third example of this practice is the 1990
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