The judge's "directions to the jury" is NOT the law, it's the judge trying to "direct" the jury to arrive at the decision he wants.
Judges hate jury nullification and do their best to push juries to give them what they want. Any juror is perfectly within their rights to ignore the law or judge's directions to decide whatever they want.
We need more individuals to stand up to the illigimate pressures put on them by woke judges.