A proud tradition of doing right when the law is wrong. What is Jury Nullification? You won’t find it defined in your dictionary or described in your encyclopedia. You weren’t taught about it in school, and indeed it is even considered a crime to tell other people about it in some circumstances. Imagine that for a moment – it is a crime to ... MORE
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7 Bad Laws Undone By Good Jurors
A proud tradition of doing right when the law is wrong. What is Jury Nullification? You won’t find it defined in your dictionary or described in your encyclopedia. You weren’t taught about it in school, and indeed it is even considered a crime to tell other people about it in some circumstances. Imagine that for a moment – it is a crime to ... MOREAll You Need To Know About Jury Nullification (PDF)
(but are prevented from hearing) What is jury nullification? Jury nullification is the term given to the process where the jury of a criminal case acquits the defendant regardless if he has broken the law in question. The jury would do this in a case where they judge law to be unjust, therefore the jury can vote find the defendant innocent since ... MOREJacob Sullum: Obama Frees Drug War Prisoners
Credit where credit is due. On October 31, 1996, the Sanilac County Sheriff's Office, which
serves a largely rural area in Michigan's thumb, got a call from a local
resident who said he was concerned about his neighbor, Darrell Hayden.
No one had heard from Hayden for several days, the man said, and his
horses were wandering down Argyle Road. The ... MORETim Mak: He’ll Rot For Pot: 55 Years For Weed
Koch brothers seek reform. A father of two was sentenced to 55 years in jail for selling pot. The Koch brothers want to help set him free and make him the face of their new campaign for criminal justice reform. Weldon Angelos could have hijacked a plane and spent less time in jail. But due to mandatory sentencing laws, the father of two was ... MOREEd Krayewski: Help The Cops Chill Out
Policing can be more compatible with liberty. An Associated Press poll conducted last month found that the
police killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, which led to
protests in Ferguson, New York City, and around the country, ranked
as the "top
news story of 2014." Nevertheless, the issue of police brutality
is not new and, ... MOREJacob Sullum: Busted Over $80 Worth of Pot, College Student Turns Police Informant, Then Turns Up Dead
This is the way everybody does it, says police chief. Last week North Dakota's Bureau of Criminal
Investigation (BCI) released a report that
finds no wrongdoing in the way an anti-drug task force handled a
young confidential informant who turned up dead last June. Andrew
Sadek, a 20-year-old student at North Dakota State College of
Science in ... MOREJury Nullification And Why It Matters In The Silk Road Trial
by Eric Markowitz. If you happen to be lurking around the Manhattan courthouse where Ross Ulbricht’s trial began on Tuesday, you may notice one of about a dozen signs urging you to Google something called “jury nullification.” Walk a little further, and you may just encounter activists handing out jury nullification leaflets. But if you ask them to ... MOREOwner Of Pot Dispensaries Gets 21 Years In Prison
by Joe Mozingo. Why you should know about JURY NULLIFICATION. Noah Kleinman faced his moment of reckoning: Should he tell a federal judge his marijuana dispensaries were just a front to distribute bulk marijuana and make hundreds of thousands of dollars? Or stick to his claim of innocence? Kleinman, a 39-year-old salesman from Studio ... MOREEvery American Needs To Learn About Jury Nullification
by Kevin Mathews. Did you know that, no matter the evidence, if a jury feels a law is
unjust, it is permitted to “nullify” the law rather than finding someone
guilty? Basically, jury nullification is
a jury’s way of saying, “By the letter of the law, the defendant is
guilty, but we also disagree with that law, so we vote to not punish the
accused.” ... MORECalifornia To Release All Non Violent Drug War Prisoners
by Kelsie Paige. Voters may room in prison for the violent. California just voted to release all their drug prisoners and will no longer allow felony convictions for drugs! Wow and Wow! Peace, Love and NeverGetBusted. California approved a major shift against mass incarceration on Tuesday in a vote that could lead to the ... MOREJ D Tucille: NH Supreme Court Guts Jury Nullification Law
The judges want more law enforcement, less justice. State snatches more power from the people. Insisting "It is well established that jury
nullification is neither a right of the defendant nor a defense
recognized by law," the New Hampshire Supreme Court this morning
eviscerated a law
that was openly intended and
widely ... MORE
Another Jury Nullification Success Story
from Tenth Amendment Center: The curious case of Doug Darrell shows the immense amount of power that is possessed by We the People, when we have the courage to use it. Doug Darrell is a resident of New
Hampshire who cultivated marijuana for religious and medical purposes.
After a National Guard helicopter spotted his plants, he was ... MOREJurors Wield Power To Judge Law; Stop Gov't Overreach
You can fight tyranny. Jury duty. It’s the setup to innumerable punchlines, a civic chore that some people dread and many try to avoid. But jurors hold a special place in society, serving as a final check and balance on government power. Consider the following scenario: An individual is charged with a victimless crime; a behavior our ... MOREHow Should Our Society Deal With People Who Use Drugs?
by Tony Newman. The war on drugs is a cruel joke. The U.S. spends more than $50 billion a year on the "war on drugs" with the goal of creating a "drug-free society" -- yet there has never been a "drug-free society" in the history of civilization. Virtually all of us take drugs every single day. Caffeine, sugar, alcohol, marijuana, Prozac, Ritalin, ... MOREJury Nullification Works In New Hampshire Marijuana Case
When a jury finds punishment is unjust. Jury nullification is a weapon that most American citizens don’t know they have. During a jury trial, a jury can find the defendant guilty, not guilty, or they can nullify the entire trial if they think the punishment is unfair. This is exactly what happened recently in New Hampshire, where a Rastafarian man ... MORE
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