Posted by Ask on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 6:24pm.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification
Jury nullification can go for the defendent: find him not guilty when he was proven guilty, or find him guilty when he was not.
Nullification is a powerful jury tool which judges will never tell the jury about.
See the entire article above in Wiki.
Thanks
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