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- obliviousfool, on 05/08/2008, -1/+137Jury of your peers, yo.
- uptwolait, on 05/08/2008, -1/+108"I think I'm qualified for this case, your Honor."
- thechr0nic, on 05/08/2008, -1/+75We need to collectively realize that we hold the power to render these immoral laws un-enforceable through nullification
Please put me on these juries. I will nullify the verdict every single time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification - LordSkywalker, on 05/08/2008, -1/+59I wish more of these cases were dismissed via a jury nullification verdict. If the American people want laws to be changed, the public needs to take the opportunity to take a dissenting view about the justness of statutes, laws, and official practices.
- anareric, on 05/08/2008, -3/+50Been there, done that. Smart enough to not get caught.
- Four20, on 05/08/2008, -4/+47I could totally see me doing something like thiis
- 55mph, on 05/08/2008, -0/+34Toss her in jail, charge the taxpayers $60,000 per year for her maintenance and give her children to foster families who will collect a monthly check from the government for their necessities.
END THE WAR ON DRUGS!! - xerodustrial, on 05/08/2008, -3/+33You and me both.
For the record, I've been summoned for jury duty twice, and was struck twice during selection by the prosecution (in both cases, the state) for, essentially, being smart enough to know what was going on. I think I may have to start pretending to be an idiot to keep from getting stricken. - Pittance, on 05/08/2008, -0/+26"It's the first weed case I've tried in years," Ross said. "People usually plead out."
Theres the real reason these laws arent getting changed. The small drug busts get pled out. Either take a plea bargain and confess guilt to get a lesser sentence, or take a chance and go to court for a possible larger sentence. Its hard for people to gamble with their lives. - thescimitar, on 05/08/2008, -0/+25Ordinarily, I'd agree, but in the case of jury selection, it's been my experience that if you are well-educated, or worse yet, have an opinion on anything in the history of the judiciary, then the State wants nothing to do with you. The idea is to get people who are unbiased, but the result is often a fairly dull-witted group. People who can think critically are probably more likely to not listen to fear mongering *****.
I'm sure there are exceptions to this. - RogueMountie, on 05/08/2008, -3/+24They have JURY TRIALS for posession of cannabis?
- markp93, on 05/08/2008, -0/+20"chron.com"... short for chronic
- Iztikeit, on 05/08/2008, -1/+20Just legalize it already......The people have obviously spoken a while ago and there's no legitimate reason to keep it as such.
- Pottypotsworth, on 05/08/2008, -3/+22Its the American way
- raid517, on 05/08/2008, -1/+20When I was 16 (which was many moons ago), I thought I was really clever when I got busted because I smoked a joint with a friend in the court waiting room while awaiting sentencing. TBH we never really thought that much of it. We smoked weed in all kinds of crazy places, including on the back seat of a bus with 2 off duty cops 3 rows in front of us. (And that was quite a big bong then too). Not that we were showing off - we really just genuinely did not give a sh*t and we just wanted to get high.
I haven't smoked weed for over 10 years now - but I do wonder looking back at all of the crazy stuff we did (not just weed either), how stories like this end up making major headline news? - awggie, on 05/08/2008, -1/+19seriously, when are we going to grow up collectively and realize the hypocrisy of our drug laws? not to mention the terrible drain on our society this prohibition is. wake up.
that said... outside the courthouse? come on now... - inactive, on 05/08/2008, -0/+18I'm no detective but I think it helps not smoking directly outside the court house... Your car maybe?
- NikoKun, on 05/08/2008, -1/+19The courts, the juries, these are some of the best places to change these bad laws.
If juries refuse to convict on such charges, the government will have no choice any longer, and will be forced to end this ***** war on drugs.
And like Obliviousfool commented above, Jury of your peers! Damn right!
I wish more people would be as brave as this person was. Never give in! Fight it till the end! - inactive, on 05/08/2008, -2/+18the war on drugs is a war on freedom
the war on drugs is a war on reason
the war on drugs is a war on medicine
the war on drugs is a war on families
the war on drugs is a war on minorities
the war on drugs is a war on religion
the war on drugs is a war on liberty
the war on drugs is a war on civil rights
the war on drugs is a war on privacy
the war on drugs is a war on property rights
THE WAR ON DRUGS IS A WAR WAGED BY OUR GOVERNMENT AGAINST IT'S OWN CITIZENS FOR CORPORATE PROFIT. - NikoKun, on 05/08/2008, -2/+17Boy isn't that sad...
If you're too intelligent on such an issue, they wont even allow you to be on the jury... wow...
Yeah, just act dumb till they get you in the real jury room. - inactive, on 05/08/2008, -0/+15THAT'S the secret to getting out of jury duty?
- sodade, on 05/08/2008, -0/+12Bingo.
- isaactwito, on 05/08/2008, -0/+12I think it's high time we replace the gavel with bong rips. There would be so much order in that court.
- ultra80, on 05/08/2008, -1/+13Google jury nullification.
- darkhand, on 05/08/2008, -0/+12On the contrary, the courts and their juries are designed for changing laws. The jury is designed to be the last bastion of the will of the people. If you can't legislate the problem away, you vote. If you can't vote the problem away, you directly affect the outcome of trials by nullifying the effect of the problematic law. Unfortunately juries are becoming mere extensions of the judiciary. They're told by judges to merely follow the word of the law. But that couldn't be further from the truth... that's the judges job! The role of the jury is to apply moral and social weight to a trial, above and beyond the word of the law.
- devoss, on 05/08/2008, -0/+12Well, it's supposed to be a jury of your PEERS, right?
- darkhand, on 05/08/2008, -0/+11The problem is that nullification is an incredibly powerful tool, and judges threaten and terrify people into thinking they can't nullify. Even mentioning nullification around the judge or a lawyer will zip you off the jury faster than you can imagine.
- SpikeTheSenses, on 05/08/2008, -1/+12there's no way you smoked a ***** bong in an enclosed vehicle 5 feet from 2 cops without them knowing.
- Etchii, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10Welcome to the good ol USA
Home of the free*
*Assuming compliance with all federal, state, and local laws. Laws subject to chane at any time without notice. Please contact your local law school and inquire about a 10 year course covering the basics of the law. - cli006, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10"That was my last J *****"
- Flatlineskillz, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10Jury of your peers... Yeah right Jury of people who were too stupid to get out of jury duty.
- ErikHarrison, on 05/08/2008, -3/+13They have jury trials for any criminal offense dumbass. It's your legal right.
- senorsubagua, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10It IS the jurors' job to rule on laws -- it is the only way to keep the government from passing stupid, rascist, or otherwise hurtful laws. We don't define the president's, congress', cops', or any other governmental servant's behavior by what their "job" is but by what power they legally hold and exercise. If juries have the power to nullify a law, and they do, it makes no sense to say that it is not their "job" to then exercise that power. Besides, if you can't get a law to be reliably accepted by juries across the land, then it's probably not a good law to begin with. I believe a number of the framers of the constitution have remarked on this topic...
- mxmj, on 05/08/2008, -1/+11Pulling out any kind of pipe in public if you are under 60 years old is sketch as hell.
- ErikHarrison, on 05/08/2008, -0/+10NORML
"We can all dream" - Hrodrik, on 05/08/2008, -0/+9"I'm just researching."
- BlueSun420, on 05/08/2008, -1/+10"the war on drugs is really a war on the youth, a war on the people and a war on the truth." - talib kweli
- justaboutdead, on 05/08/2008, -0/+9" During Prohibition, juries often nullified alcohol control laws,[14] possibly as often as 60% of the time.[15] This resistance is considered to have contributed to the adoption of the Twenty-first amendment repealing the Eighteenth amendment which established Prohibition. "
If it worked once, it can work again.... - akkibaba, on 05/08/2008, -1/+9MAGIC BROWNIES
- isaactwito, on 05/08/2008, -0/+8Seeing how ***** up things are, I'd say take advantage of the opportunity; this whole drug prohibition thing is getting a bit ridiculous.
- mCanada, on 05/08/2008, -1/+9Maybe if more people had the balls to smoke up in front of courthouses these oppressive laws wouldn't exist? I'm sick of people making excuses for the government.
- maexn, on 05/08/2008, -2/+10sadly me too :)
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7i served on grand jury narcotics for several weeks once. always went baked, and got baked on the lunch break too.
as days went on, people started getting annoyed at seeing how much effort was going into busting such pissant *****, and started voting to ignore the weed busts, even when the evidence said otherwise. the cops weren't happy, and my response was well then do something productive with your lives. - dinostabOMG, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7According to Wikpedia (although unsourced):
'Because of the guaranteed right to a jury trial in United States criminal cases, a judge is not allowed to enter a JNOV of "guilty" following a jury acquittal.'
But, I learned something today. Thanks. - sealbeater, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7Just having a book, period will get you out of jury duty.
- sodade, on 05/08/2008, -0/+7Laws like this invalidate the authority of law.
- onelikeseabass, on 05/08/2008, -1/+7what are these voting boots you speak of?
- cheezintern, on 05/08/2008, -0/+6The smart way to do it is to not get caught.
- venuspcs, on 05/08/2008, -1/+7If the growing, manufacturing, producing and distributing of drugs is legal there would be no need little need for turf wars, armed gang conflicts, etc. the drastic influx of competition from (would be drug dealers, drug companies, grandmas living on fixed incomes, etc.) would drive the current gangs, drug dealers to seek better paying professions.
- inactive, on 05/08/2008, -0/+6Considering that about 70% of 30 years olds have smoked it at least once, I'd say over half of them were qualified to say "what a waste of taxpayers' time and money."
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