On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:05:00 -0600 (CST), "Scott Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:10:43 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote > > >I agree. But here is what one judge in Colorado did to a juror who told
Agree that jury nullification is a right and should be exercised. > > Agree with what? Some context would help here. > > >others about nullification: > >http://www.levellers.org/jrp/orig/jrp.natllawj.htm > > > >She was jailed for a period of time and after a lengthy defense, > >eventually release. > > Laura Kriho was definitely victimized by both judge and prosecution. > My recollection is that she was not jailed for more than a few hours at > most, but that memory could be faulty. The judge took many months to get > around to issuing a decision. Colorado law places a time limit upon > judges > for such decisions. If the time limit is exceeded, the law says the > judge > forfeits his/her salary for that quarter and must return the money to the > state. AFAIK, Judge Nieto never returned the money and is probably > guilty > of defrauding the state of Colorado or some similar charge, but he will > not likely ever be prosecuted or removed from office for his offenses. > As tyranny advances, it becomes more painful for those who would > resist it. If the tyrants are not corrected, then eventually their > policies > toward resisters become so draconian that a majority of the people finds > the situation intolerable. What happens next after that is always a > gamble. > Like going to the dentist to get the cavities filled before they get so > bad > that they necessitate extracting the teeth, it is better to resist like > Laura Kriho did when resisting is not life-threatening than to let the > situation deteriorate to the point where the situation *becomes* life- > threatening. > > > >The question maybe we should be asking is not "what are the rules" but > >"how are we going to take back our Country and Freedom"? I, for one, do > >not trust government employees, who are frequently the bottom of the > >barrel, imnsho, to decide what is legal and what is not legal. > > > You will recall that the Founders left us four boxes to use in > defense > of our freedom, right? There are many countries wherein the People are > denied all of those boxes, so we in the U.S. are among the fortunate. It > is up to us to use those boxes as needed and as appropriate. Box #2 > appears > to have been circumvented at last by one branch of the War Party, and the > other branch is undoubtedly beside itself with desperation to gain the > use > of the same technology. That still leaves us boxes #1 and #3 to use for > now. tor is one technology that helps us to hang onto that first box. > PGP > is another. > I hope that we don't have to open box #4, but it may well be that > some individuals have already opened it once or twice in recent years. > We > do have the historical record of the Battle of Athens that occurred > shortly > after the end of World War II, so we know that it has happened on a > larger > scale within living memory as well, but that sort of thing really has to > be > the last resort. Use tor, and stay informed! > [stepping down from box #1...] > > > Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG > ********************************************************************** > * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * > *--------------------------------------------------------------------* > * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * > * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * > * -- a standing army." * > * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * > ********************************************************************** -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service
