Judges give big boost to 'jury nullification' pamphleteers

Affirm decision allowing them access to 'intended audience' – jurors

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A federal appeals court in Denver has affirmed a ruling allowing the distribution of pamphlets about jury nullification – defined as a verdict on the law itself rather than on the defendant – to their “intended audience,” the jurors.     But the ruling April 8 by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also made clear that a number of unresolved issues still must be decided when the case returns to a lower court.....

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