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Archive for March, 2008

FIJA in the News &Uncategorized FIJA | 27 Mar 2008

West Texas Jury Deliberates 11 Minutes

est Texas Jury Deliberates 11 Minutes, Returns Not Guilty Verdict in Medical Hemp Case See post on our forums at the url below. http://fija.org/forums/index.php?topic=402.0

FIJA in the News &Uncategorized FIJA | 26 Mar 2008

Great Jury Rights Day News Clip on YouTube!

Jury Rights Day video on YouTube

FIJA in the News &Uncategorized FIJA | 13 Mar 2008

Excellent Article on Juror Nullification as Monkeywrenching

http://www.spunk.org/texts/writers/black/sp001673.html This article is also available to read in the Forums on this web site, under State News and Activists Discussion, scroll down the thread on Jury Nullification.

Jury Nullification FIJA | 08 Mar 2008

Nullification: The People’s Veto Power

When you serve as a juror, you can veto bad laws ~ or good laws if those laws are misapplied in the case before you. You have the authority to render a verdict based on conscience. In many states, the court employees, including the judges, will tell you that you do not have this authority. [...]