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The Specter of Jury Nullification

Attention to the trial of Luigi Mangione has renewed debate about nullification—the jury’s inviolate power to acquit a defendant contrary to the evidence presented. Jury nullification proponents hold that it is a mechanism of last resort for...

The Three-Body Problem

In most circumstances, when constitutionally protected autonomy rights are at issue, the law balances the individual’s constitutional right of control against the countervailing power of the state. How these two competing claims to control are...