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One of DeMott’s fellow protesters, Teresa Grady, admitted on the stand, that as a child, she had been taught by her father, a Vietnam era war protester, about "jury nullification…the principle of refusing to convict a person for whom one feels sympathy with a cause,” the Times reported.

This might be a good concept to keep in mind if you're involved in a trial for assaulting one of these sacks of used swine chow.

This might be a good concept to keep in mind if you're involved in a trial for assaulting one of these sacks of used swine chow.

It is also an excellent concept to keep in mind if you want to get off jury duty very quickly.

One of DeMott’s fellow protesters, Teresa Grady, admitted on the stand, that as a child, she had been taught by her father, a Vietnam era war protester, about "jury nullification…the principle of refusing to convict a person for whom one feels sympathy with a cause,” the Times reported.

Actually, this would mean that you lied during the selection process when you were asked if you could render an unbiased and fair verdict. That lie undermined the defendent and the prosecutions case... essentially saying 'no matter what is said, i will vote for/against this person.' wouldn't that be grounds for a fraud charge of some kind?

I find it funny that certain groups would use this tactic. I listened to a talk by cochran @ georgetown about how blacks should follow this tactic if ever selected for a jury involving a black person. wonder what they would think if the same thing were ever told to whites. In the end, it just a means they are trying to undermine the entire judicial system in the US. (which is already pretty messed up...)