Edgar, Bill!, All,
The practice of "Jury-Justice" is another way for bad laws to be removed of
teeth.
A jury can acquit a person on trial for charges under a Law which the jury
decides is an unjust or "bad" law. This, despite any Judge's "instructions" to
the jury before they are sequestered.
We did this in Tucson: cops were posing as homosexuals and luring gay guys in a
secluded place in a Public Park here, with the promise of sex acts to be
carried out in the Park. The jury acquitted a fellow who was so lured and
entrapped and arrested. The eight on the jury took about 5 minutes to reach
their decision. They also each wrote letters of protest afterward to the D.A.
for bringing such a case in the first place, wasting jurors' time. It was
effective! The cops cut it out, and quit wasting Police time and resources on
silly games.
I was not on the jury, but heard all about it afterward from a close friend who
was.
Jury-Justice can always be applied. It's up to the Jury!
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Bad laws should NOT be blindly followed like you suggest.
>
> Bad laws should be challenged and broken.
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