YOU ARE ABOVE THE LAW! As a JUROR in a trial setting, when it comes to your individual vote of innocent or guilty, you truly are answerable only to GOD ALMIGHTY. The First Amendment to the Constitution was born out of this great concept. However, judges of today refuse to inform JURORS of their RIGHTS. The Minneapolis Star and Tribune in a news paper article appearing in its November 30th 1984 edition, entitled: What judges dont tell the juries stated: At the time of the adoption of the Constitution, the jurys role as defence against political oppression was unquestioned in American jurisprudence. This nation survived until the 1850s when prosecutions under the Fugitive Slave Act were largely unsuccessful because juries refused to convict. Then judges began to erode the institution of free juries, leading to the absurd compromise that is the current state of the law. While our courts uniformly state juries have the power to return a verdict of not guilty whatever the facts, they routinely tell the jurors the opposite. Further, the courts will not allow the defendants or their counsel to inform the jurors of their true power. A lawyer who made...Hamiltons argument would face professional discipline and charges of contempt of court. By what logic should juries have the power to acquit a defendant but no right to know about the power? The court decisions that have suppressed the notion of jury nullification cannot resolve this paradox.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 04:01:07 +0000
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