Oddball
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"On January 11, 2011," veteran libertarian rights activist Julian Heicklen announced to his Tyranny Fighters email list, "I was notified by summons that I have been criminally charged with jury tampering."
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"In essence, I want to discuss the jury's right to nullify the law IN FRONT OF A JURY." (The emphasis is Heicklen's). "My position is that neither jury nullification is or that I am on trial. My position is that the judiciary is on trial. Jury nullification needs no defense. It is the law of the land."
The summons, while short on particulars (surprise, surprise), appears to be charging him with telling potential jurors the truth about jury nullification whenever he distributes Fully Informed Jury Association literature in front of courthouses, as he has done for the past 18 months at 27 federal and county courthouses in 20 different states.
However, Heicklen told the Libertarian News Examiner that the summons gave no reason for the charges (surprise, surprise).
"The offense is briefly described as 'Jury Tampering,'" Heicklen said. "There is no mention of FIJA materials, a US Courthouse, or prospective jurors. The indictment papers are not included."
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Prediction: Heicklen will be hectored and harassed with a slew of spurious and specious charges, just like Laura Kriho was, only to be ultimately, and verrrry verrrry quietly, acquitted of all wrongdoing.
Why?...Because jurors are completely within their rights to judge both the facts at hand and the applicability/justness of the law.
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Stay tuned....I will.