P F Tinmore
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Jury Nullification is a means to keep the government in line.
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Even better....Report to jury duty and start passing out pamphlets from Fully Informed Jury AssociationThat's a good question to ask the attorneys, "what is jury nullification" if you ever get called for jury duty and they start questioning you.
Jury nullification happens when the court ignores the verdict of the jury and issues a straight conviction and sentencing by order of the judge.Jury Nullification is a means to keep the government in line.
Even better....Report to jury duty and start passing out pamphlets from Fully Informed Jury AssociationThat's a good question to ask the attorneys, "what is jury nullification" if you ever get called for jury duty and they start questioning you.
Not in Portland, Seattle, or New York. They have hookers with rape charges ready to go as a contingency plan if you don't obey, or else it's some gentleman psychiatrist with a civil commitment to the state insane asylum of you're a woman and you don't obey.Even better....Report to jury duty and start passing out pamphlets from Fully Informed Jury Association
Dude, there's a lady, the Catholic Church requires "confession" in court no matter what, and don't you dare sue a nun or find her guilty — it's a trap to pick up jurors on a good faith church charge straight out of the Vatican — send a pure Sicilian hit man.did sit on a jury for an auto accident in 1985 in Mahoning County. Found the nun who was being sued to be not liable
Dude, there's a lady, the Catholic Church requires "confession" in court no matter what, and don't you dare sue a nun or find her guilty — it's a trap to pick up jurors on a good faith church charge straight out of the Vatican — send a pure Sicilian hit man.did sit on a jury for an auto accident in 1985 in Mahoning County. Found the nun who was being sued to be not liable
I did sit on a jury for an auto accident in 1985 in Mahoning County. Found the nun who was being sued to be not liable.
The best part of the jury system is that the government does not determine guilt. They can accuse and present evidence but they cannot determine guilt. It is up to the jury. The judge is not the jury's boss. He cannot tell the jury what to do.Jury Nullification is about Justice. The basic premise is that the Jury can find the Defendant Not Guilty even if he committed the crime, because it is unjust to convict him. It is about ruling the law, or the application of the law, as unjust. Juries found bootleggers not guilty from time to time despite being caught in the literal act. They believed it was unjust. The Jury disagreed with the law, and would not find someone guilty.
In 1968 Jury Nullification prevented several Gay Men from being sentenced to prison for consensual sodomy. Two consenting adults in other words. Everyone knew they had done it. Everyone knew it was against the law. The jury knew it was wrong to prosecute and convict the men. So they came back as Not Guilty. Even though the accused had committed the crime, the Jury said it wasn't a crime at all.
IMO we should have more examples of Jury Nullification than we do. But the Courts do not want you to talk about it.