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The Teardrop Tattoo Will Be His Undoing
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
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Though I have lived and worked in Washington, D.C. for over a decade, I have never been called to court for my civic duty to "serve."...Some are lawyers and plaintiffs, but most of them are prey to an intricate web of systemspoverty, drugs, laws,
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Sometimes U.S. juries can ignore unjust laws
Merced :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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More importantly, it takes these philosophical ideas and puts them into action at the grass-roots level. In a nutshell, jury nullification is the right of jurors to judge the law as well as the defendant. In other words, the jury can acquit a
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Top Secret: You Can Nullify The Drug War
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | 9 months ago
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In civics class, we are taught that we have only three branches of government. However, there is a secret fourth branch of power that remains in the hands of ordinary citizens. The secret de facto right is called jury nullification, which allows
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Jury nullification education still barely 'legal' in USA, rules judge
Manhattan :: KS :: USA | 1 year ago
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Jury nullification, a legal concept that dates back to 17th century England, remains perfectly lawful in the United States, according to a ruling by a federal judge last month...District Court Judge Kimba Wood said 80-year-old Julian Heicklin, who
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NY judge tosses out jury nullification charges
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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A federal judge threw out charges Thursday against a man who urged jurors in multiple East Coast cities from Florida to New Hampshire to sometimes disregard the law and vote their conscience. U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in
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Guy Passing Out Pamphlets In Front Of Court Indicted For 'Jury Tampering'
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Just a month ago, we had a related (but different) story about a judge in Florida banning handing out such pamphlets, which raised a number of very serious First Amendment questions. In this case, it went beyond just a ban, as the guy was actually
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Town can’t find jurors willing to convict in pot case
Seattle :: WA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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A man with a string of convictions and a reputation as a drug dealer was going on trial in Montana for distributing a small amount of marijuana found in his homeif only the court could find jurors willing to send someone to jail for selling a few
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Does Juror Have More Authority than a Judge?
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 years ago
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He can declare a bad law null and void, and if that is often done by informed, intrepid, and incensed jurors, it will result in new laws that are not offensive. One juror has the right and the responsibility to declare, This law is unjust, and I
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