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Jury duty is our responsibility to a fair system.
"Fair" is the key point.

If a judge has the authority to issue a "directed verdict" to the jury and he also has the power to "set aside" a juries verdict, then the whole affair is a charade.

I believe in a fully informed jury and I believe that "jury nullification" is a critically important tool to combat tyranny and malicious prosecution.

I don't think they'll ever want me to sit on a jury.
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Old 01-20-2008, 07:35 AM
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