Comment by Anonymous6218 on Ethics of Jury nullification and TDT? · 2010-10-26T22:51:55.750Z · LW · GW

People being convicted of violating unjust laws is a much, much larger problem than people being improperly acquitted. Both because one improper conviction is worse than one improper acquittal, and because I don't actually think improper acquittals really happen much. Opposing jury nullification seems to me like a status move to maintain the power of the lawyers, at the expense of justice.

So if you're on the jury for a case prosecuted under an unjust law, then yes, you do have a moral duty to acquit. Whether you should announce that it's a jury nullification, or lie about how strong the evidence looks to you so others don't get the same idea, is less clear. I lean towards the former.