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Chia Pet
Joined: 23 Jun 2013
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 Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 1:36 am Post subject: Please know about this if you're ever on a jury in the U.S. |
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I learned something new today:
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23929-jury-nullification-why-every-american-needs-to-learn-this-taboo-verdict
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| Did you know that, no matter the evidence, if a jury feels a law is unjust, it is permitted to “nullify” the law rather than finding someone guilty? |
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| Paradoxically, jury nullification is permitted to exist as an option to all juries, yet this option cannot be discussed in most courtrooms. ...those in the legal system are willing to intimidate those who vocalize this loophole. |
It doesn't surprise me that those in power would want to suppress public awareness of this. |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Well, I have known about it since the O.J. Simpson trial, as does just about everyone else who followed it. But I don't think a jury has to "know" about it. It just happens naturally if they want to send a message about other injustices -real or perceived.
Speaking of O.J., it actually worked against him in his second trial.
"In O. J.'s second trial we saw jury nullification at work again. In September 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping. The evidence showed that O. J. was only attempting to get back stolen sports memorabilia that belonged to him, but the jury saw it otherwise, and wanted to punish him the murders he got away with in his past trial. In 2008 he was found guilty and sentenced to 33 years imprisonment, with a minimum of 9 years without parole. He is currently serving his sentence at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada."
http://www.blacknewsweekly.com/blackbriefs1.html |
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Old Painless
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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The LAW???
Aint nobody got time for that. |
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