Also - I read that Johnny Cochrane spoke about jury nullification in the closing argument of the OJ Simpson trial.
Well - I just watched it on YouTube and he never raises the subject. Although he does lay into the LAPD and talk about punishing them for their corruption and racism.
Other people say he flirted with the idea of jury nullification (apparently this is how the legal pundits at the time read it) in his closing argument. I guess he would have gotten in trouble if he raised the concept openly. But - to be honest - I don't think he was really trying to subtly suggest the idea to the jury. Or if he was - it went over my head - even though I sat through the argument looking for allusions and references to the idea.
Well - I just watched it on YouTube and he never raises the subject. Although he does lay into the LAPD and talk about punishing them for their corruption and racism.
Other people say he flirted with the idea of jury nullification (apparently this is how the legal pundits at the time read it) in his closing argument. I guess he would have gotten in trouble if he raised the concept openly. But - to be honest - I don't think he was really trying to subtly suggest the idea to the jury. Or if he was - it went over my head - even though I sat through the argument looking for allusions and references to the idea.