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U.S. v. Maisonneuve, No. 2:96cr17-02 (D.Vt.) (954 F.Supp. 114) (January 30, 1997) (Judge William K. III Sessions)

Loaded on April 1, 1997 published in Punch and Jurists April 14, 1997
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Jury Nullification.

As gingerly and quickly as possible, Judge Sessions approached the delicate, but explosive, issue of jury nullification by stating that "it is well settled that juries are not to consider penalties in reaching their verdicts", and by citing Shannon v. U.S., 512 U.S. 573 (1994) for that proposition.

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