tomwaits
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What do you guys think if Jury Nullification? No surprise that I am all for it.
I started thinking more about this from the menthol cigarette ban thread. Someone had mentioned that people need to follow the law, but I asked the question of whether they thought all laws were just.
If I am on the jury for any victimless crime case (Any possession or sale of a controlled substance, any firearm possession case or anything else that I deem unconstitutional or unjust) I am voting not guilty.
The only exception may be if a legislator, judge, governor, or law enforcement officer is on trial for one of those types of cases. If they created or enforced the law on others, then they should be held to the same standard.
I started thinking more about this from the menthol cigarette ban thread. Someone had mentioned that people need to follow the law, but I asked the question of whether they thought all laws were just.
If I am on the jury for any victimless crime case (Any possession or sale of a controlled substance, any firearm possession case or anything else that I deem unconstitutional or unjust) I am voting not guilty.
The only exception may be if a legislator, judge, governor, or law enforcement officer is on trial for one of those types of cases. If they created or enforced the law on others, then they should be held to the same standard.
Jury Nullification - FindLaw
Learn about jury nullification, including its historical background and how the concept works in a criminal trial, at FindLaw's section on Criminal Trial.
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