Progress in New Hampshire: In all criminal proceedings the court shall permit the defense to inform the jury of its right to judge the facts and the application of the law in relation to the facts in controversy.

At jury selection for a minuscule amount of drugs: But Wheeler – who was eventually picked for the jury – was even more surprised by the answers. She said yes, but 50 out of 130 jurors said no, they would not convict someone even if it was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. “I was surprised […]

Judge says passing them out at the courthouse is not jury tampering.

Filmmaker Ira Isaacs, who had made pornographic movies involving eating feces and sex with animals, went to trial for obscenity. A member of the jury told the judge that another member stated she didn’t believe in obscenity laws. This is an affront to rigging the system and the ego of the judges err the law […]

More on the case of the feds arresting a guy for handing out pamphlets.

Questioning the legitimacy of drug laws gets you kicked off a jury.

Over at Pattycakes. Lemme ‘splain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up. See, if you think that there is a rational and lawful basis for jury nullification, you’re retarded. If you think that judges should decide the law while juries decide the facts, you’re just following orders and a Nazi. Does that cover it? […]

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Balko says he would deceive to be on a jury to nullify a law. Patterico says: I have said I would support jury nullification in extremely rare and desperate situations, where the fabric of our society was falling apart and our laws were inconsistent with basic humanity. For example, I would not convict someone of […]

I’m all for it. There are so many stupid laws that need to be struck down. The fact remains that juries are often mislead, lied to, and bullied by the powers that be. Radley Balko addresses jury nullification in this FoxNews piece: The doctrine of jury nullification (search) rests on two truths about the American […]

A bill to require courts to instruct jurors about jury nullification.

Another jury nullification activist arrested for handing out jury nullification pamphlets. The good thing is that, at his trial, his pamphlets will be admitted as evidence. Judge Jaklevic should be jailed.

Joseph J. Ellis is bitterly clinging to the creation science of the collective rights model. It was never settled until Heller. You lost. Quit lying.

I came back from vacation with a summons for jury duty waiting for me. The odds of me getting on a jury are about zero. They don’t like people who pay attention and advocate jury nullification of stupid laws. Oddly, on the summons for reasons to get dismissed, there’s no check box for will judge […]

The filmmaker up on charges of obscenity for making bestiality and poo movies had been convicted. So much for nullification.

Prosecuting a man handing out jury nullification literature for jury tampering. Brilliant plan if it gets to court. His literature will be submitted as evidence.

Jury nullification activist can’t get arrested despite violating an order.

Florida man accidentally takes a gun to Manhattan, while lost. Gets pulled over for right turn on red. Cops see the gun and he is arrested for having a gun. Aggressively prosecuted for making a mistake and getting lost but the jury finds him not guilty. Good. A possible case of jury nullification? Good.

Palin seems down with jury nullification.

Libertarian fight! Long and short, a neo-libertarian blogger had jury duty and convicted a drug dealer. Jury nullification discussion ensues. Via BB. * applicable to neo-conservatives too.

I’ve made fun of me over the lack of content here lately. And so have others. I’ve written longer posts that are more thinky than linky. Lately, it’s more linky than thinky. But I’ve been doing this a while. Frankly, I’m out of shit to say. Want to talk about issues? I have. Pick one. […]

Hollis Wayne Fincher has been charged with not paying a tax. He was in possession of three home-made machine guns and a short barreled shotgun. The possession of said items without paying a $200 National Firearms Act tax is illegal. Now, prosecutors say they don’t want all that talk of constitutions and freedom and other […]

Reader Carl emails: While reading your latest posts on the anti-gun antics taking place in Knoxville, I was thinking about our courts, and sent the message below to my correspondents. I discovered something interesting, though; a court decision which appears to invalidate the “Interstate Commerce” justification for licensing firearms dealers. I wonder if any of […]

On jury nullification: Assume you’re a juror in a criminal case where you think the defendant is clearly guilty beyond a reasonable doubt — but you also believe that a conviction would be unjust. Maybe you disagree with the law on its face; maybe you just disagree with its application in this particular case. For […]

Jamie Satterfield: A federal jury this afternoon returned guilty verdicts against a 70-year-old retired plumber who fired on a team of lawmen after they crossed his Roane County property in August 2004 to chop down marijuana plants. […] Klyce was the federal officer at issue in the indictment. He testified that he and four other […]

Another case for jury nullification: Stop writing and we’ll reduce your charges, an Ohio prosecutor has told an editor, in essence now publicly admitting that the criminal charges lodged against the website writer are direct retaliation for his exercise of First Amendment rights.

Matt writes (scroll down to WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF?): Here’s an interesting article about how a man in Alaska was convicted of jury tampering for attempting to inform prospective jurors about jury nullification. I assume that one reason many lawyers (including judges) don’t like jury nullification is that it takes the law out of […]

Via Publicola comes this: The Citizens Rule Book has such seditious documents as The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. It contains other similar information such as this quote from John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: “The jury has a right to determine both the law and the facts.” But […]