Editing Jury nullification (section)

===Germany===
{{see also|Assassination of Talaat Pasha}}
In 1921, an [[Armenian genocide survivor]], [[Soghomon Tehlirian]], assassinated [[Talaat Pasha]], who was considered the main architect of the genocide, in [[Berlin]]. Although Tehlirian's lawyers did not contest that their client had killed Talaat, the jury [[Judiciary of Germany#History|(Germany used jury trials until 1924)]] returned a verdict of not guilty.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berkowitz |first1=Roger |title=Assassinating Justly: Reflections on Justice and Revenge in the Osama Bin Laden Killing |journal=Law, Culture and the Humanities |date=2011 |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=346–351 |doi=10.1177/1743872111418172|s2cid=143638660 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prosecutor in Yanikian Case Says He 'Regrets' Not Bringing 'Indictment Against Genocide' |author=<!--not stated-->|url=https://asbarez.com/prosecutor-in-yanikian-case-says-he-regrets-not-bringing-indictment-against-genocide/|website=Asbarez|date=29 January 2018}}</ref> However, although the moral dimension of the case was strongly emphasised by the defense, the acquittal was based on a plead of temporary insanity and there was no dissent between court and jury.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hosfeld |first1=Rolf |last2=Petrossian |first2=Gurgen |title=Der Prozess gegen Soghomon Tehlirjan, Deutschland 1919-1921 |url=https://www.lexikon-der-politischen-strafprozesse.de/glossar/tehlirjan-soghomon/ |website=Lexikon der politischen Strafprozesse - Stiftung Kurt Groenewold |access-date=14 December 2024 |language=German |date=August 2020}}</ref>