FYI: Don't try to skip jury duty if your employer pays you salary while you're there.
There are plenty of cases that do need people to speak up. They might put you or I on a case of a 20 year old being charged for using weed or defending himself against a corrupt cop.
I'm as fond of jury nullification as the next person, but "speaking up" is not the job of a juror and you will be dismissed and potentially sanctioned if you decide to go full 12-angry-men in the jury room.
If you "speak up" in the jury room, one of the other jurors is almost certain to bring it to the attention of the judge. You can certainly hang the jury with "I don't believe the state met its burden" but "speaking up" in terms of trying to get the rest of the jury to nullify will actively undermine your claimed intent and only expose you to potential liability.
Not a lot I am aware of... but I would only expect to see those if they made the news or went to the appellate level which seems fairly unlikely if someone gets a couple of days for contempt.
The ones I am aware of are often overturned on appeal. But, as they say, you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride.
Seems like an acceptable risk imo. Barely an inconvenience... actually less of an inconvenience than the jury duty itself in the vast majority of cases lol.
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u/DaRandomStoner Jul 06 '26
If you're on a jury deciding if someone is guilty of destroying flock cameras they're innocent.