Cardozo International & Comparative Law Review
Abstract
The acquittal of Soghomon Tehlirian for assassinating Talaat Pasha, a key architect of the Armenian Genocide, represents a significant instance of symbolic jury nullification. This verdict symbolically addressed the moral and legal failure to hold Talaat Pasha accountable, influencing the development of international human rights law and figures like Raphael Lemkin.
Disciplines
Comparative and Foreign Law | Courts | Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | International Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Christian G. Ohanian,
The Assassin Was Not Insane: The Acquittal of the Assassin of a Genocide's Architect as Symbolic Jury Nullification,
4
Cardozo Int’l & Compar. L. Rev.
435
(2021).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/ciclr/vol4/iss2/2
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