On Nov 15, 2006, at 1:04 PM, joanna wrote:
> Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
>> I may also add that if the "jury nullification" principle was to
>> be the
>> norm, I would have zero confidence in the justice system, both
>> criminal and
>> civil, because that system would be reduced to a mob rule or legal
>> lynching.
>> In such situation, I would be probably more receptive to the
>> position held
>> by the NRA that the best protection is not the legal system but the
>> possession of fire arms, the more fire power the better.
>>
> You are a serious misanthrope. My wonderful Armenian divorce
> lawyer, as decent, intelligent, and skilled a lawyer and human
> being as one would be likely to meet, told me once that the jury
> system is the best thing to happen to the legal system -- and he
> clearly believed that wholeheartedly and passionately.
I've been on a couple of juries, and I'm always impressed. People take their work really seriously and do their best to deliver an honest verdict. It's inspiring really. Woj, you're a terminal sourpuss.
Doug