[lbo-talk] Jury nullification (was: volume

[R]

i'm not a lawyer.  but my experience is they hate it.  it's a threat.  especially to those lawyers who've become judges.  you see, the common human isn't smart enough to know what's just and what isn't without "professional" help.

i'll step aside and let the lawyers speak for themselves.

R

  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Jon Johanning 

  To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 

  Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:01 AM

  Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Jury nullification (was: volume

  I was once rejected for jury duty in Philadelphia after I expounded a 

  jury nullification position. I wasn't really trying to get myself 

  excused; I really believed it. However, my dismissal may have been due 

  simply to my very confused explanation of my views sounding like the 

  ravings of a madman.

  A question for the list's lawyers: what do they think of potential 

  jurors who take such a position?

  On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 09:50  AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:

  > Actually, I take jury duty seriously, and my experience so far is that

  > most people do as well.  In fact, I would like to serve on a drug case -

  > because it would give me an opportunity to refuse to convict under the

  > rubric of jury nullification of unjust or simply idiotic laws (such as

  > drug laws in the US).

  Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org

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