Standard Mischief

Teh best EVR comment on Jury Nullification

That would be this one, said over at Say Uncle’s, back in July 2005:

# Mark Jones Says:
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Heh. Yeah, the cops has discretion aplenty on whether to arrest or merely warn you. The Prosecutor’s office has discretion aplenty on whether to charge you for a crime or crimes (and what charges to bring, and what penalties to ask for). The judge is a tinpot god in his own courtroom.

But if the JURORS show the slightest bit of independent thought, civilization will collapse into flaming ruin.

I’m skeptical.

2007-01-16 10:00 by Standard Mischief, Filed under:deranged rants   No Comments »

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