The right to acquit based on conscience is rooted in Quaker pacifism | Letter

Antony Barlow on how his grandfather helped introduce a ‘conscience clause’ against compulsory military service in 1916The report of Trudi Warner’s trial (Judge throws out case against climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights, 22 April) being thrown out on the basis of jurors having the right to acquit a defendant based on their conscience, relates directly back to the so-called conscience clause introduced by a number of Quakers, including my grandfather, John He