Human Events Online says the following; also read linked column by Larry Hicks for even more details -
No Deal For This Dad: Jimmy Ray Hunt was at home in York, Pa., on July 3, 2003, when his 17-year-old daughter Jamie called with an emergency.
"Jamie," writes columnist Larry A. Hicks of the York Dispatch, "was at Wal-Mart shopping for nail polish when she was approached by Armondo Hernandez, an illegal alien who happens to be 22 years her senior. Hernandez is alleged to have propositioned Jamie Hunt, offering her $200 and $300 for sex and touching her repeatedly…quot;even after she clearly told him to leave her alone."
Hunt raced to the Wal-Mart, keeping his daughter on the line. When he arrived, Hernandez was coming at his daughter again. So, Hunt punched him in the nose, and detained him for the police.
But they arrested Hunt, too. Hernandez pleaded guilty to indecent assault and harassment, and is now awaiting deportation. Hunt was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct. But he is refusing a plea bargain offered by the prosecutor. "I told them no…quot;I'm not pleading guilty to anything," Hunt told columnist Hicks. "I'll take my chances with a jury."
There are two interesting and contradictory aspects of jury nullification. In most states, it is improper and subject to contempt of court for counsel for a defendant even to suggest to a jury that it is allowed to "nullify" the law by choosing not to convict. On the other hand, I have seen instances where jury nullification worked, either because a jury flatly refused to convict on clear facts, or because a prosecutor declined to bring charges on clear facts because he understood that a jury would probably throw his case out of court.
On a more practical sense, in my TV ad to attack the Campaign Finance "Reform" Act, will be a clear, facial violation of the Act. My last ditch defense, if the Federal Election Commission brings criminal charges against me, will be jury nullification. (See below.)
Congressman Billybob