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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:20 PM Original message |
Jury Nullification and your power to nullify |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a really... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. And why would you say that? We have the largest prison |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Which has what to do with... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. O I see you as thinking I am not worthy of an answer. Thanks for that. n/t |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Do you think my vote as a juror is dependent on how a fellow juror teabagger or |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yeah... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. O Rly? So you say every vote over impeachment of Bill Clinton should have been AYE??? n/t |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. WTF? |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So what are you saying? That if the facts show that a person did an illegal act, then all votes in |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. JJ... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yea that is why I am asking for you to offer some clarification here? When I asked, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Dude... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. So it results in a hung jury, which could happen for any of many other reasons. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Dude... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You mis-spelled 'our.' |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It was a "typo" and since... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Jury nullification ended slavery, prohibition, and would end the death penalty |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Jury nullification ended... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Before the civil war in the United States, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Those things did not... |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. This may act as a check on the power of judges and prosecutors. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. In general it has been used wisely and well, but not often enough |
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Purveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R Thanks for posting. eom |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. jury nullification illegal in California. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. "in criminal cases, juries may continue to nullify the law" |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. they may still do it, but that doesn't make it legal. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-05-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Or a good... |
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