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ohheckyeah

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2. I said this a long time ago.
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 02:11 PM
Dec 2011

If juries refuse to convict then what's the point of arresting and prosecuting?

He's right! Vinnie From Indy Dec 2011 #1
I said this a long time ago. ohheckyeah Dec 2011 #2
Here's a great explaination of jury nullification, in PDF, from another DU'er, noamnety: RueVoltaire Dec 2011 #3
"Prosecutors, however, have taken legal action redqueen Dec 2011 #4
Indeed they have. Really annoys judges too ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #10
Simple. Elegant. timtom Dec 2011 #5
I would do it for any drug abuse case Politicalboi Dec 2011 #6
Jury Nullification is far from new ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #7
It's new if you don't know about it Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #8
Same thing happened in southern states during the Civil Rights movement when ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #9
It's all relative, the crime itself must be taken into consideration, members of Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #11
I am not necessarily opposed to jury nullification ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2011 #15
Considering that the "War on Drugs" is an unjust, draconian, immoral, corruptive and racist Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #16
I have thought about it zipplewrath Dec 2011 #12
a request: would you please cross-post this in the Drug Policy Forum? RainDog Dec 2011 #13
This thread is still missing, just posting to see if it shows up. Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #17
Juries, by and lrge, are very pro-state. Laelth Dec 2011 #14
i wonder sylveste Dec 2011 #18
That's just another part of legalized extortion racket. Uncle Joe Dec 2011 #19
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