Justice is about doing what is right, and when a law is not right, it is the duty of the citizen juror to acquit. It was this idea that the Founding Fathers gave us the right to trial by jury, “I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” — Thomas Jefferson. In 1803 the Supreme court wrote “All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void.” — Marbury v. Madison. “If the jury feels that the law under which the defendant is accused is unjust, the jury has the power to acquit, and the courts must abide that decision.” — U.S. v Moylan 1969. The jury has “unreviewable and irreversible power to acquit in disregard of the instructions on the law given by the trial judge.” — U.S. v Dougherty 1972. “The purpose of a jury is to guard against the exercise of arbitrary power.” — Justice Byron White. cdapress/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_61b77c68-983f-11e2-93a7-001a4bcf887a.html https://facebook/Justusjurynullification
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:22:20 +0000
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