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Spread the Word: Fully Informed Jury Association

When TSA agents lay hands on a small child, people are helpless. We do not fear a TSA agent. We fear the criminal consequences that would follow from defending the child. We know that the government would arrest us, a prosecutor would charge us, and a judge would instruct a jury to "follow the law" by convicting us. And yet that is all a lie. A juror has a natural law right to nullify a jury verdict. Moreover, a juror has a moral obligation to refuse to vote guilty when the prosecutor is enforcing an unjust law. A police officer does not arrest everyone who breaks the law. A police officer has the discretion to not make an arrest - even when the person violated the law. A prosecutor does not charge everyone who commits a crime. A prosecutor can exercise his discretion to not charge the person with a crime - even when the person broke the law...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on November 21, 2010 (boomark / email).