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ProgressiveProfessor

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9. Same thing happened in southern states during the Civil Rights movement when

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 02:10 PM

Dec 2011

juries refused to convict some of those accused of crimes against minorities.

If we embrace jury nullification for one kind of crime, we are clearly opening the door for it to be used in other kinds of crimes.

Something to think about.

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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