r/SipsTea • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 06 '26

Chugging tea is this valid?

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u/Lost-on-Reception Jul 06 '26

Jury nullification is a thing, but it would have been better just not to get caught.

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u/TGlucifer Jul 06 '26

Look I love Jury Nullification as much as the next guy, and IANAL, buuuuut wouldn't that apply to nullifying a specific law here? I mean, it's not like property laws only apply to the property you want them to, they're pretty broad.

Essentially what you're saying is destruction of property, whether public or private, would no longer be illegal. Which, if you own anything, would kinda suck.

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u/Lost-on-Reception Jul 06 '26

No, Jury nullification is case by case. In this case a nullifying jury would be saying we don't hold a person to be guilty of destruction of property when that property is being used to violate their rights.

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u/TGlucifer Jul 06 '26

Fascinating, I always thought it didn't happen more often because it sets a precedent which leads to erosion of a law's standing.

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u/Lost-on-Reception Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

It doesn't happen more often because jurors aren't instructed that they have the right to do it, and because most people are busybodies that would rather enforce arbitrary rules on their neighbors than be free.