Could NOT engaging in jury nullification be hypocritical?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think so. For example take if I ended up on the trial of a marijuana dealer. Well I know people who basically do that and have obtained marijuana before from such a person even if indirectly. It'd be pretty hypocritical for me to say "It's OK for me to do that and my friends, but not this person" and then vote to convict.

Or underage drinking, doesn't go to trial I'm sure, but let's instead look at someone providing alcohol to people underage. Well I drank underage constantly and thus benefited from similar people before I was legal aged. So saying "yeah it was OK for me to do that 7-10 years ago but not for anyone today" is also pretty hypocritical and a "Do as I say, not as I do" sort of thing. Reminds me of when people call out politicians as hypocrites for passing laws that they themselves later get caught violating, well how is simply convicting someone on a jury for that any different?

[TJ in Oregon]

If you are on a jury, your responsibility is to decided whether or not the defendent broke the law, not whether or not you agree with the law.

Also, I don't think they often have jury trials for these minor crimes; do they?

[Redalgo]

If you are on a jury, your responsibility is to decided whether or not the defendent broke the law, not whether or not you agree with the law.

On paper, yes, but in reality each juror decides for his or herself what should be their responsibilities. As for the OP, I think convicting somebody of a crime one is otherwise alright with in their personal life would be hypocritical and reflect poorly on the character of the juror.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

No, but I also reject the idea of jury nullification and BRTD's situtation has never happened to me.

However, I will say that this situation (a jury featuring a violator of the same law that is the subject of the case) could be problematic, due to the bias of said violators.

[Old Man Willow]

If you are on a jury, your responsibility is to decided whether or not the defendent broke the law, not whether or not you agree with the law.

Also, I don't think they often have jury trials for these minor crimes; do they?

If I have no respect for the law in particular, I would not decide to convict. I certainly would never convict anyone on a drug charge, whether they broke the law or not. I would actually take prison time myself before doing so.