Getting demanding, are you?
Well, having struggled with putting what I consider the appropriate FIJA
message
on bumperstickers (See
http://216.105.53.41/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=59 which happens to
be
under construction right now.
Okay, let's try a "signature-length" summary:
A juror has the moral duty to vote for a just verdict according to law, but it
is
entirely a matter for his own conscience how best to do that. The "law" is not
necessarily what the bench instructs it to be, or the attorneys say it it. It
is
what is logically derived from the U.S. or state constitution, understood as it
was when it was adopted. In a criminal case, vote to acquit if you are unsure
that
the charge is authorized by a statute authorized by the applicable
constitution,
or if you suspect the rights of the accused have been violated. The original
standard of due process at the Founding was to argue all issues of law before
the
jury, and that is part of the right to a jury trial. If all arguments of law
have
not been made in the presence of the jury, the duty of the jury is to acquit.
That's a bit long. You might pick parts of it, especially the last two
sentences.
mark robert wrote:
> If you decline to answer, I will assume my
> signature is fine with you.
> {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote
> "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the
> law the defendant allegedly violated, no matter the evidence.
> There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a
> unanimous verdict. Get on a jury and help fulfill its other
> original purpose: to counteract unconstitutional / oppressive
> government legislation. See www.fija.org . [Please adopt this as
> your own signature.]}
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