By itself, a Washington, D.C., jury’s acquittal of a 37-year-old man of assault for throwing a sandwich at a Customs and ...
Jury nullification is a fancy term for what it’s called when juries — or, in this case, grand juries — say no. It doesn’t happen very often, which is why you may have never heard of it. The old line ...
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Juries Can Stop Trump, Too

It’s not just the Sandwich Guy trial. All across the country, juries are standing up to the Trump administration’s overreach.
Jurors play a prominent role in the criminal justice system. Although few cases go to trial — statistically as few as four ...
A federal grand jury’s recent refusal to return an indictment against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during the Trump Administration’s takeover of Washington, D.C., does more than spawn ...
A federal grand jury has refused to hand down a felony indictment for the man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in Washington D.C. The panel of as many as 23 citizens rejected demands ...
The New York Times reported today that federal prosecutors failed to secure a grand jury indictment against Sean Dunn, the Washington, D.C., man who was arrested earlier this month after he hurled a ...
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the federal trial of a D.C. man charged with throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in August during the early days of the law enforcement surge ...