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Man grows pot. Admits it. Jury sends him home (Dublin, GA)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 27 July 18 | Bill Torpy

Posted on 07/27/2018 2:59:37 PM PDT by Drew68

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To: Drew68

Jeff Sessions will be pissed when he wakes up and hears about this next week.


41 posted on 07/27/2018 3:48:06 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Drew68

Good. About damned time.

L


42 posted on 07/27/2018 3:49:32 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: joshua c

“What was his illness?“

Who cares and what the hell business is it of yours?

L


43 posted on 07/27/2018 3:50:49 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: JoSixChip

“When juries start judging guilt or innocence based on how they feel, the rule of law is dead.“

That is one of the most appallingly ignorant statements ever posted on FR. And after 20 years here, that’s saying something.

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44 posted on 07/27/2018 3:52:28 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: JoSixChip

“More like this is how the rule of law ends. When juries start judging guilt or innocence based on how they feel, the rule of law is dead. Next, they will base these decisions on political affiliation.”

Jury nullification is a proud tradition inherited from English Common Law and is a major pillar upholding our American freedoms. A jury of our peers is totally entitled to render a verdict on the law itself at the same time it judges the defendant.

For shame.


45 posted on 07/27/2018 3:54:00 PM PDT by WMarshal (Because we're America, Bitches!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

I’m surprised the lawyer wasn’t jailed for even hinting at jury nullification. It’s happened.


46 posted on 07/27/2018 3:58:56 PM PDT by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next?)
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To: gundog

DWIs are an industry. Huge business for the state.


47 posted on 07/27/2018 4:01:33 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Drew68

You mean, obviously innocent defendants. This person did zero harm and punishing him would be manifestly unjust. Even the inconvenience and intimidation of charges and trial is unjust in this case.

A person harming no one should be left alone - period.


48 posted on 07/27/2018 4:09:18 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: JoSixChip
I suggest you read more to better understand the role of juries in our history and government.

Link

49 posted on 07/27/2018 4:10:02 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: Lurker
That is one of the most appallingly ignorant statements ever posted on FR. And after 20 years here, that’s saying something.

I certainly think the same way about your post. But I am not surprised, I've read what you post before. Trust me, you are better off just lurking.
50 posted on 07/27/2018 4:10:12 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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To: JoSixChip

> More like this is how the rule of law ends.

The rule of law ends through the making of injust laws, and through the inevitable understanding of the people how manifest the injustice of those laws is.

If you really care about the rule of law, then doing away with unjust laws such as these should be a priority for you.

The rule of law is not the same thing as the rule of laws.


51 posted on 07/27/2018 4:11:45 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
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To: JoSixChip

“I’ve read what you post before.“

Funny, that. James Madison agrees with me.

And he was WAAAAY smarter than you will ever be.

So there.

L


52 posted on 07/27/2018 4:19:06 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: wgmalabama; Kickass Conservative; JoSixChip
She read to the jury a section from the Georgia Constitution that says, “The jury shall be the judges of the law and the facts.”

She has likely just made an enemy of the judge in this case.

Judges like to think of themselves as the only person in the room who can educate the jury on the law.

I could see this lawyer never winning another case in front of this judge.

53 posted on 07/27/2018 4:20:42 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Drew68

‘Juries, empowered to think for themselves, let obviously guilty defendants walk free.’

are you seriously of the opinion that this has never happened before in the history of this country’s jury history...? and are you personally pissed off that the guy isn’t going to be incarcerated for a ‘crime’ that affected absolutely nobody...?


54 posted on 07/27/2018 4:21:41 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: joshua c

Why would his “illness” matter? I’d vote not guilty even if he was in perfect health.


55 posted on 07/27/2018 4:23:35 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: Vigilanteman

You can only get so stoned.

It’s not like alcohol where if you continue to drink, you will get more drunk.

After X amount, you are just wasting pot and smoking to smoke.


56 posted on 07/27/2018 4:29:03 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: Drew68

They will never stop the “War on Drugs”.

They will on the other hand just move it over to Pain Meds.

A$$HOLES!!!


57 posted on 07/27/2018 4:31:54 PM PDT by mabarker1 (congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: IrishBrigade
are you seriously of the opinion that this has never happened before in the history of this country’s jury history...?

I imagine not though it seems in recent years juries have been admonished for exercising the right of jury nullification. Of course, there's O.J. Simpson...

and are you personally pissed off that the guy isn’t going to be incarcerated for a ‘crime’ that affected absolutely nobody...?

Not at all. The war on drugs, and in particular, the war on marijuana has been a travesty. I fully support the legalization of the recreational use of marijuana and until this happens, and it will, I fully support the right of juries to let obviously guilty pot smokers walk free.

58 posted on 07/27/2018 4:35:50 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

Misunderstandings on the part of the left again. If you are for freedom you are probably for Trump and for relaxing anti-marijuana laws. If this is a shock to you, you might have a poor understanding of our Constitution.


59 posted on 07/27/2018 4:36:44 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Drew68

Pot smokers vote for socialists.


60 posted on 07/27/2018 4:38:55 PM PDT by donna (Arizona senate: Kelli Ward supports President Trump. McSally is a RINO.)
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