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To: skeeter

I wish I were on that jury. Selective prosecution cannot be allowed to stand.


4 posted on 01/24/2014 5:43:27 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Mouton
I wish I were on that jury. Selective prosecution cannot be allowed to stand.

Jury nullification is a very real...and soon to become very necessary...weapon against tyranny.

And it is Constitutionally protected.
It is reflected in the Sixth Amendment, which grants the accused an inviolable right to a jury determination of his guilt or innocence in all criminal prosecutions for serious offenses.
Because of this right, a trial judge absolutely cannot direct a verdict in favor of the State or set aside a jury's verdict of not guilty, no matter how overwhelming the evidence.
Sullivan v. Louisiana, 508 U.S. 275, 277 (1993).

27 posted on 01/24/2014 6:13:19 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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