Given how jury nullification was traditionally used, that fallout will probably also include accusations of virulent racism.
I'm not sure a lot of more libertarian types who advocate for jury-nullification are fully aware that the reason it was suppressed was that it was for decades a mechanism to basically let white guys kills black guys consequence-free.
This is one of the reasons "fuck you" money is necessary.
Jury nullification is a tool, it is not itself racist, though those who have other reasons to oppose it of course paint it as such. With "fuck you" money, much of that sort of slander loses its teeth.
I did not know that. I still stand by nullification as a possible solution to marijuana possession charges or the more egregious "excessive downloading" felonies. But it would be horrific to watch it used by twelve racists to free actual murderers :(
I'm not sure a lot of more libertarian types who advocate for jury-nullification are fully aware that the reason it was suppressed was that it was for decades a mechanism to basically let white guys kills black guys consequence-free.