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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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To: freepatriot32; B4Ranch
I chose my battles carefully. That was one I couldn't possibly win head-to-head.

Had I been selected, and had the law been manifestly unfair, I probably would have gone with B4Ranch's plan.

The thought of spending the rest of my life in county jail a few months at a time for contempt of court does have a somewhat chilling effect.

Citizen vs. Judge is an ultimate example of asymmetric warfare...

56 posted on 02/18/2006 4:55:30 PM PST by null and void (When the city fades into the night, before the darkness there's a moment of light)
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To: freepatriot32
You should have called him on it there is absolutely nothing he can do to the jurors if they found someone not guilty even if it is clear he was guilty.

That is an entirely different issue.

Much more acceptable to the court that a guilty man be set free, they do that all the time on minor technicalities.

But threaten one of their precious Laws...

58 posted on 02/18/2006 4:59:11 PM PST by null and void (When the city fades into the night, before the darkness there's a moment of light)
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