Jury Nullification 
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SOURCE: Boston Review
10/25/2022
When Abortion is Criminalized, Can Juries Nullify the Law?
by Sonali Chakravarti
Inevitably, a health care provider will be prosecuted under one of the post-Dobbs abortion laws passed by the states. When this happens, will juries be informed by their predecessors who refused to convict defendants charged under the Fugitive Slave Act?
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