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This case established the principle of "jury nullification," whereby a jury’s decision is final and dispositive even if it rejects the law. Jury nullification has been used frequently in America ever since, as in acquitting [[John Peter Zenger]] and acquitting defendants accused of violating the Alien and Sedition Act and the Fugitive Slave Act.

This case established the principle of "jury nullification," whereby a jury’s decision is final and dispositive even if it rejects the law. Jury nullification has been used frequently in America ever since, as in acquitting [[John Peter Zenger]] and acquitting defendants accused of violating the Alien and Sedition Act and the Fugitive Slave Act.