bluestateguy
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Sat Jan-28-06 11:31 AM
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| If they outlaw abortion, be a nullifying juror |
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A jury of 12 men and women still must vote to convict someone of a violation of a law. If that does not happen, the law is unenforceable. So let's say your state does bar abortion. Eventually a case will come before a court of a doctor or woman who will be charged with the "crime" of having an illegal abortion. If just one person on that jury refuses to convict, regardless of the facts or the evidence, then the defendant goes free. If this happens enough, then anti-abortion laws will become unenforceable, and clinics will begin opening up again.
The power of jury nullification is you democratic right as a citizen.
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