Seeking advice for juror's rights organisation

[JuryDuty]

I am establishing a juror’s rights and information organization and seeking advice and ideas.

How can I accurately determine rights and responsibilties of both jurors and prospective jurors?

How best to responsibly locate and contact people who have been selected for jury duty?

How to solicit information and experiences of people who have recently served on juries?

Any remarks about what you would like to see included by such a group will be appreciated as well.

Thanks :

[curmudgeonII]

Did you join Free Republic today to dig this information out of us?

[DonQ]

I am not quite sure what you mean by the "rights" of jurors. Could you clarify what you want to tell jurors?

[JuryDuty]

I invite public reply, information, participation and opinion from all. That is the democratic process. I am not trying to "dig information out of you" if you are not interested in contributing it.

[MineralMan]

What is your goal here. I will tell you this much: Attempting to influence jurors during a trial will get you arrested.

You can contact jurors after a trial, though, and they can talk to you if they wish to. You'll have to catch them on their way out the door, though. The Jury Commision will not give you their names, and rightly so.

As for contacting potential jurors, just about everyone is a potential juror. I have a Jury Summons sitting right here on my desk, for December 4. You can contact me right now.

But, what is it that you want to do?

[JuryDuty]

Jurors do, indeed, have rights, but they seem rarely to be informed of them. In fact, those rights have diminished over time (jurors were once able to actively participate and ask questions of witnesses, attorneys and prosecutors!). There are issues of jury nullification, etc. which are rarely discussed in front of them.

Often, the jurors are just used as "target practice" by attorneys and prosecutors who plan to settle the case by arbitration before the trial completes, but require a sitting jury to present a "credible threat", ...

Jurors have different rights in different states and locales, and they really should be informed when they serve.

[silverdog]

Okay, I see it now, I think. You're a jury nullification guy. Still no explanation of how you came to FR this week?

[Iowa Granny]

You should get in touch with the folks who have organized for the "Fully Informed Jury" issue.

I did a Google search and this is what I came up with:
http://www.google.com/custom?q=Fully+Informed+Jury+movement&sa.x=25&sa.y=12

[Lurker]

FIJA

Regards,

L

[curmudgeonII]

Since you appear to be a newbie in this board, perhaps a little background may be of some usefullness to you.Free Republic is a source of conservative news. Period.

[JuryDuty]

And you would be ... ?? The board says news/activism and several of the forum topics begin with "Dicsussion of ..."

I assumed freedom of discussion, at least within the scope of conservatism. SIlly me.

Nowhere did I notice anything about "newbies" having some sort of limited status, or requiring approval or permission of curmudgeonII.

[JuryDuty]

Actually, I'm not just a "jury nullification" guy; I have a broader concern about juror information, the role of the juror, risks and expenses of jury service, juror's rights during questioning, protection of juror's personal information & identity vs. media rights, etc.