Dr. Jack Kevorkian became famous in the early 1990s for helping terminally ill patients commit suicide. In one of several trials, the jury decided that although Dr. Kevorkian was guilty of murdering a Michigan man, but that it was with the man’s consent, and it was to help end his suffering. Therefore, they found him not guilty. What is this an example of?
A. mistrial
B. Allen charge
C. compassionate acquittal
D. jury nullification
D. jury nullification
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a. true b. false
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word.
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