[lbo-talk] Jury nullification

[John Thornton]

>That way we don't get, for example, the manifest injustice of one drug 
>dealer walking because of a jury of people like you while his 
>co-conspirator is boiled alive because the jury is of a different 
>composition. If you don't like the law -- the rules the legislature adopts 
>-- try to have them changed. This isn'! t rocket science. It's elementary 
>democracy.
>
>jks

So then you're arguing that Noel received the same punishment for her drug 
offense that I would? Of course not. The prosecutor has lots of leeway in 
deciding how HE wants to proceed. Jury Nullification is a check on the 
power of the legislature. It is very democratic. If you want to serve on a 
jury it's probably best to keep ideas of how individuals can empower 
themselves quiet.

John Thornton