If they made the pamphlets visible, they no doubt wanted to be let go.
Correct, it’s an easy way to get out of jury duty.
And jury null applies to marijuana cases too, in case anyone here happens to serve on one.
I agree.
If you really believed in jury nullification you’d try to get on a case in order to use it.
But it was sure a short day at the courthouse for them!
Same day, I got into the pool for a dope case. A teacher and some young guy told the judge during voire dire they could not sit on the case because they believed dope should be legal, judge blasted them and sent them home. If they really felt that way, the jury room during deliberation is the time to bring that up. I didn’t get to hear the case, the guy plead once he and his lawyer could actually see a jury. A medium-short day for me, with a long lunch at the beach.
I'm sure of it. I've heard exactly that tactic described as a way to get out of jury duty, so I'm sure they did too.