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To: djf

How in the heck can those “entrusted” with our Justice system keep rational people (the real arbiters of Justice) in the dark and manipulate the system to suit if Jurists are kept informed?


2 posted on 01/08/2012 6:47:38 AM PST by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: trebb

I am having trouble understanding your question.
Care to rephrase it?


3 posted on 01/08/2012 6:58:54 AM PST by djf (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2801220/posts)
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To: trebb

An informed jury is one that is allowed to know it can say the law the defendant is charged under is wrong or too harsh and let the defendant go. It’s called jury nullification.

Present court rules do not allow the defendant or defendant’s lawyer to tell the jury it can vote not to convict as it would be fundamentally unfair to punish the defendant with this law or how it affects the fact situation at hand. As our state and national legislatures keep passing stupid laws with criminal or huge monetary fines, some otherwise innocent defendants get punished unfairly.


10 posted on 01/08/2012 7:54:25 AM PST by RicocheT (Eat the rich only if you're certain it's your last meal)
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