To: Gordongekko909
Last time I was in a jury selection pool, the Judge made a point of telling us he would NOT tolerate a jury deciding on the validity of any law in HIS court. We were to stick with determining guilt or innocence. Or else.
38 posted on
02/18/2006 3:06:45 PM PST by
null and void
(When the city fades into the night, before the darkness there's a moment of light)
To: null and void
Yep. Juries don't get to decide questions of law. They get to decide questions of fact. And they may determine that the accused did not commit the crime with which he is charged.
43 posted on
02/18/2006 3:25:31 PM PST by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: null and void
I would love to have that happen to me. I would argue for jury nullification from the moment that we stepped into the conference room just to blast that judge back into reality.
52 posted on
02/18/2006 4:29:42 PM PST by
B4Ranch
(No expiration date is on the Oath to protect America from all enemies, foreign and domestic.)
To: null and void
Last time I was in a jury selection pool, the Judge made a point of telling us he would NOT tolerate a jury deciding on the validity of any law in HIS court. We were to stick with determining guilt or innocence. Or else.You should have called him on it there is absolutley nothing he can do to the jurors if they found someone not guilty even if it is clear he was guilty.
53 posted on
02/18/2006 4:32:34 PM PST by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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