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Uncle Joe

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16. Considering that the "War on Drugs" is an unjust, draconian, immoral, corruptive and racist

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 04:43 PM

Dec 2011

construct.

I have no problem with supporting jury nullification in these cases.

The Executive and Legislative branches have greatly overstepped their boundries infringing on the Judiciary and I believe the people need to take that power back.

I agree with you in regards to the need for caution in doing so, but I believe the people in general at a macro level will make the right decisions. The people may be governed to some degree by their passions but our current system of government not all only places those same vices on the politicians but adds the enticement of legalized bribery as well.

The "War on Drugs" has become a full circle of extortion and bribery taking money from the people through draconian prosecution and sentencing, funneling it through the police, for profit prisons, big pharma and various other entities and then lining the pockets of the very same politicians; so enthusiastic about passing these counterproductive, dysfunctional and self-serving laws.

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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