[TightSqueeze]

So I take it you agree with my original post and are in fact a proponent of government law overriding human rights.

Besides, if one is asked to sit on a jury, it is to determine whether the facts of the case match the law, not to decide if the law itself is fair or correct.

What do you say of Jury Nullification?

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Jury Rights
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Jury Nullification

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

LINKS FIJA : The Fully Informed Jury Association The Jury Rights Project History of Jury Nullification Juror's Handbook The Citizen's Rulebook Jury Nullification and the Rule of Law Jury Nullification : The Top Secret Consititutional Right Try the Law Jury Nullification Jury Nullification - What the Hell is it? An Essay on the Trial by Jury (1852) SoapBox! Fully Informed Jury Page CRFC - Jury Nullification MEDIA In Jury Rooms, A Form of Civil Protest Grows - Washington Post What lawyers and judges won't tell you about juries, Progressive Review (1990) LAURA KRIHO CASE Voir Dire : A French Term for Jury Stacking - Mountain Media Juror Rights are Dealt a Blow - Boulder Weekly Jury Power & "Drug Peace! - Amer. Anti-prohibition League The Jury on Trial - Media Bypass, Dec 1996

The Words of the Founding Fathers Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction... if exercising their judgement with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction the charge of the court is wrong. -- Alexander Hamilton, 1804 It is not only the juror's right, but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgement and conscience, though in direct opposition to the instruction of the court. --John Adams, 1771 I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution. -- Thomas Jefferson, 1789 It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their choice, if the laws are so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they... undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow -- James Madison

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[Diamond]

So I take it you agree with my original post and are in fact a proponent of government law overriding human rights.

No. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear enough. I agree with your sarcasm regarding those who think government law overrides human rights, and I was giving you an example of one such poster. I agree with the right of jurors to decide both the facts and the law, not just to be rubber stamps for tyrannical, unjust "laws", courts, and prosecutors. Thanks for the links. That's quite an impresive list.

Cordially,