To: 5thGenTexan
I wish I was on that jury. I have a reasonable doubt.
To: BO Stinkss
No need to find reasonable doubt. Just convince the other jurors that its morally wrong to convict.
JOHN ADAMS (1771): It's not only ....(the juror's) right, but his duty, in that case, to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgement, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1804): Jurors should acquit even against the judge's instruction...."if exercising their judgement with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction that the charge of the court is wrong."
U.S. vs. DOUGHERTY (1972) [D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals]: The jury has...."unreviewable and irreversible power...to acquit in disregard of the instructions on the law given by the trial judge."
16 posted on
02/12/2013 10:28:33 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: BO Stinkss
I wish I was on that jury. I have a reasonable doubt. So do I, I would "nullify" in a heartbeat. He has already suffered the worst pain that a parent has ever to endure. On the positive side, he has eliminated a clear and present danger to the community. On balance, I think God will decide his ultimate fate.
Regards,
GtG
24 posted on
02/12/2013 10:34:55 AM PST by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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