The Inside Story of a “Juror Revolt” in Amish Raw Milk Trial – Modern Farmer.
Not only did Judge Reynolds mention the letter, he imposed a fine much smaller than the maximum: $1,000 plus $513 in court costs. And it wasn’t the only letter he received: Judge Reynolds said he received letters from three jurors in support of the farmer and that it was the first time in more than a dozen years on the bench that he had been contacted by jurors seeking leniency or acquittal for the man they had convicted.
Two words come to mind: Jury nullificaiton.
