Actually, jury nulification is one of the better traditions we inherited from our English oppressors. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The reason it doesn't work as well as it might is that (a) judges don't have set rules about what they have to inform the jury about, (b) it annoys judges so they don't talk about it, (c) most people aren't aware of it, and (d) if you are the only person on the jury who is holding the works up, the rest are going to eventually wear you down until you give in. Also, if you mention that you even know about jury nulification, odds are, one side or the other will object to you being on the jury, if not both.

It's one of those little known and rarely used perks of our justice system. It's just that there are too many ignorant sheep in this country.