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To: Gordongekko909
Jurors can't be charged with this because there is no way to prove it.

Ummmm, I thought the whole point of jury nullification was at that point when the Foreman stood up and said, "Your Honor, we of the jury find that this law is unconstitutional and is hereby declared null and void."

Thereby freeing society from the burden of an unfair law, not merely releasing one victim of that law, and leaving the rest of us exposed the the whims of our local 'betters"...

127 posted on 02/18/2006 8:09:22 PM PST by null and void (before the darkness there's a moment of light, when everything seems so clear)
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To: null and void
If you think that the idea of nine appointed judges being able to thwart the will of the majority is bad, think about the idea of twelve randomly selected citizens being able to do the exact same thing.

If the foreman did that, the verdict would be tossed out. This is why jury nullification happens under the radar. That's the only way it can happen. And when it happens like that, it can't be proven.

130 posted on 02/18/2006 8:16:06 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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