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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA4GKG__B-s (1/3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRdse8zBzyI&NR= (2/3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbw8rF_hA9I (3/3)
"Jury Nullification" is the power of the Jury to overturn bad laws (of which, we have MANY). It is an important tool guaranteed to citizens serving on jury duty. Jury nullification enables us to declare laws unjust, if we are so inclined.
Most Judges do not want you to know about this power. Juries are only told they can rule "guilty" or "not guilty." They are never told of their third option, "the law is bad."
"It is not only his right but his duty...to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court." - John Adams
"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution." - Thomas Jefferson
I recommend watching the great video up there in youtube which explains it and there are some experts and former jurors having a great discussion about it and so on.
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Comments
I've just been tapped for jury duty again. This is the third time and I'm only 25. I know people in their 50's and 60's who have NEVER been bothered. Randomized my ass. Drivers license and veteran status is like a sign on your forehead that must say "pick me!" "pick me!"
This is interesting though. A good program to watch. Never knew that.