[brityank]

Be aware, the Jury can only go against the law for that one case - it makes no new law nor does it invalidate the law as written. As the Minnie Star noted, 'conscience of the community' jurors should - if necessary - temper their adjudication against all of the particulars of the case at hand, not just the raw facts or black-letter law designations.

People have the mistaken idea that Jury Nullification cancels the law - it does not. It merely removes it from consideration for the one specific case.

[Melas]

True. There seems to be some misconception that jury verdicts play a role in stare decisis, and they do not.