Jury duty - ughhhhhhh

Crappy...

I'll go, but I'm not going to be happy...

You've already decided BEFORE you go???

MMMKKKK!!!

I did JD last week and had a good time! I would call it fun listening to the others in the jury room spout everything but the facts it was HILARIOUS!

OP I'll bet you're one of those that decides whether they like a movie BEFORE they see the movie themselves, they base everything on somebody else not themselves. That's you isn't it OP? Be honest!

As a JUROR in a trial setting, when it comes to your individual vote of innocent or guilty, you
are truly answerable to GOD ALMIGHTY. The First Amendment to the Constitution was born
out of this great concept. However, judges of today refuse to inform JURORS of their
RIGHTS. THe Minneapolis Star and Tribune in a news paper article appearing in its November
30, 1984 edition, entitled: “What Judges Don’t Tell Juries” stated:
“At the time of adoption of the Constitution, the jury’s role as a defense against political
oppression was unquestioned in American jurisprudence. This nation survived until the
1850’s, when prosecutions under the Fugitive Slave Act were largely unsuccessful because
juries refused to convict.”
“Then judges began to erode the institution of free juries, leading to the absurd compromise that
is the current state of the law. While our courts uniformly state juries have the power to return
a verdict of not guilty whatever the facts, they routinely tell jurors the opposite.”
“Further, the courts will not allow the defendants or their counsel to inform the jurors of their
true power. A lawyer who made . . . Hamilton’s argument would face professional discipline
and charges of contempt of court.”“By what logic should juries have the power to acquit a defendant but no right to know about
that power? The court decisions that have suppressed the notion of jury nullification cannot
resolve this paradox.”
“More than logic has suffered. As originally conceived, juries were to be made a safety valve
way to soften the bureaucratic rigidity of the judicial system by introducing the common sense
of the community. If they are to function effectively as the ‘conscience of the community,’
jurors must be told that they have the power and the right to say no to a prosecution in order to
achieve a greater good. To cut jurors off from this information is to undermine one of our most
important institutions.”
“Perhaps the community should educate itself. Then citizens called for jury duty could teach
the judges a needed lesson in civics.”
This booklet is designed to bring to your attention one important way our nation’s founders
provided to insure that you, (not the growing army of politicians, judges, lawyers, and
bureaucrats) rule this nation. it will focus on the rule of power you possess as a JUROR, how
you got it, why you have it, and remind you of the basis on which you must decide not only the
facts placed in evidence but also the validity or applicability of every law, rule, regulation,
ordinance, or instruction given by any man seated as a judge or attorney when you serve as a
JUROR.
One JUROR can stop tyranny with a “NOT GUILTILY VOTE!” He can nullify bad law in any
case, by “HANGING THE JURY!”
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I
should do and, with the help of God, I will do!” Everett Hale
The only power the judge has over the JURY is their ignorance!
JURY RIGHTS
“The jury has the right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.” John Jay, 1
st
Chief Justice U.S. supreme Court, 1789
“The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.” Samuel Chase, U.S. supreme
Court Justice, 1796, Signer of the unanimous Declaration
“The jury has the power to bring a verdict in the teeth of both law and fact.” Oliver Wendell
Holmes, U.S. supreme Court Justice, 1902
“The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.” Harlan F. Stone,
12
th
Chief Justice U.S. supreme Court, 1941“The pages of history shine on instances of the jury’s exercise of its prerogative to disregard
instructions of the judge...” U.S. vs. Dougherty, 473 F 2
nd
1113, 1139. (1972)

when you arrive, tell them "I'm ready to nullificate some laws."

they won't select you.

when you arrive, tell them "I'm ready to nullificate some laws."

they won't select you.

I was going to suggest something similar. Perhaps asking the prosecutor to explain how jury nullification works in front of all of the prospective jurors, or just discussing cases where it occurred with the other jurors.

I wish they'd pick me for a jury. That would be great! For some reason, they always send me home, even though I try not to say anything they wouldn't like. I would love the chance to free some poor slob trapped in our hellacious jail system for no good reason. Maybe they can smell it on me.

Good luck

They are there to work a slave labor job for the corporate sector

you get in the way of corporate profits and you might find yourself in there working yourself

be careful...

Crappy...

Don't be so quick, maybe we can have some fun with this. Why don't you post the details of the case on a continual basis and let GLP vote on it.

I hope BRIEF doesn't see this thread. LOL

A smart aware person should feel a sharp pang of fear go up their spine at getting one of these demonic notices in the mail....