cted by at least two provisions of the United StatesÆ Constitution. These provisions also codify why that power is limited to criminal court cases and is not applicable in civil court cases.
First, and most importantly, jury nullification is implicit in the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, which grants a person accused of committing a crime an inviolable right to a jury determination of his guilt or innocence in all criminal prosecutions for serious offenses. This inviolable right to a trial by a jury of peerr ensures that the ultimate decision over a defendantÆs guilt or innocense rests with the people, personified by the jury, and not with the state, personified by the judge. This inviolable right also means that a trial judge cannot direct a jury to return a certain verdict, or set aside a juryÆs verdict of not guilty, no matter how overwhelming the evidence. Any violation of this rule leads to an error which will lead to the verdict being automatically reversed upon appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed this fact in their r
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