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Title: Jury pool "mutinies" in Marijuana Case
Post by: AHPMB on December 23, 2010, 10:27:43 AM

How screwed up has our justice system become when jurors expressing their entirely legal ability to refuse to convict on bad laws is referred to as a mutiny?

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_d6b1aaca-edfc-527f-ad11-f1691fdc6e3b.html

Title: Re: Jury pool "mutinies" in Marijuana Case
Post by: Travis Retriever on December 23, 2010, 11:46:28 AM

Quote from: AHPMB on December 23, 2010, 10:27:43 AM
How screwed up has our justice system become when jurors expressing their entirely legal ability to refuse to convict on bad laws is referred to as a mutiny?

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_d6b1aaca-edfc-527f-ad11-f1691fdc6e3b.html

So I guess Jury Nullification doesn't matter much these days, huh?
Ain't that a shame. :(

Title: Re: Jury pool "mutinies" in Marijuana Case
Post by: VectorM on December 23, 2010, 12:20:39 PM

Doesn't that depend or where you live anyway?

Title: Re: Jury pool "mutinies" in Marijuana Case
Post by: Travis Retriever on December 23, 2010, 12:46:42 PM

Quote from: VectorM on December 23, 2010, 12:20:39 PM
Doesn't that depend or where you live anyway?

As long as you're in the USA, it shouldn't matter.

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