Jury Nullification

[Diane Amberg]

 So it's OK if I happen to be a relative or an employee of the accused?

[Anmar]

how else are guys like OJ supposed to get off for murder?

[srkruzich]

how else are guys like OJ supposed to get off for murder?

Sorry but OJ bought his aquittal from the powers that be.  In that high profile case, most likely the jury was tampered with.

[redcliffsw]

Here's something about "jury nullification" that I received from a friend in another county:

"I just had lunch at out Rotary Club with one of our local judges. He said this principle (jury nullification) is real. He called it 'a dirty little secret' that the courts don't want the jury members to know. He further stated that the defense or prosecution lawyers aren't allowed to question the reasons for the finding by the jury, so the principle can be applied with impunity."

[Varmit]

So it's OK if I happen to be a relative or an employee of the accused?

Good point Diane.  There should be four questions asked, 3 previously stated and 4) Is your Oath or Affirmation (i.e. your word of Honor) actually worth the time it took to give it?

[redcliffsw]

More.......good read

"I Don't Care What The Judge Said!"

http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com/welfare-state/the-mad-war-on-drugs/i-dont-care-what-the-judge-said-the-morally-obscene-war-on-drugs

[Diane Amberg]

Then change the law! This if "they" did this, then"they'll" do that logic assumes people will do things just because they can. I don't find that to be true.

[Varmit]

Diane, your logic might hold water if every law was brought before the american people before it was signed into law.  Juries have a right to nullification.  Any judge who doesn't inform them of this should be removed from the bench.

[Diane Amberg]

How? The court systems are already bogged down. Was that piece written by by a high school student as an assignment or was it real? There are some things about it that don't ring true.

[srkruzich]

Then change the law! This if "they" did this, then"they'll" do that logic assumes people will do things just because they can. I don't find that to be true.

It is true.  I won't convict someone in a jury if the law is a unjust law.  I'll hang the jury if need be.  Don't care what the judge says either.  He has no right to tell me I can't judge a law.