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FIJA Calendar & Function of Juries & Interviews & Jury Nullification FIJA | 10 Mar 2010

FIJA Interview on American Freedom Radio

FIJA Director Iloilo Jones will be interviewed on the Jury on American Freedom Radio on Tuesday, 23 March 2010 from 10:30-11:00 am Mountain Time. Listen online or click through the link to find the program on select local stations. And if you have a jury-related question, the call-in number for the show is [...]

Function of Juries & Interviews FIJA | 17 Feb 2010

FIJA Interview on BlogTalkRadio’s “Halli and Friends”

Listen live tomorrow at 1:00 pm MST as Halli Stone interviews FIJA Director Iloilo Jones regarding the purpose, function and duties of a jury on BlogTalkRadio’s Halli and Friends. We’re not sure if they’ll be taking calls, but click through the link and you will find a call-in number that you might try if [...]

Function of Juries FIJA | 12 Nov 2009

Role of the Civil Jury

This is a must read to understand the Seventh Amendment and the role of the Civil Jury.
The Civil Jury: The Disregarded Constitutional Actor
November 12, 2007
U of Cincinnati Public Law Research Paper No. 07-30
Abstract:
This lecture “The Civil Jury: The Disregarded Constitutional Actor” argues that the significant division of power between [...]

Function of Juries & Jury Nullification FIJA | 26 Oct 2006

You Can’t Have It Both Ways

You Can’t Have It Both Ways
Iloilo Marguerite Jones
A federal appeals court overturned the pot-growing convictions of Ed Rosenthal Wednesday because of a juror’s phone call to an attorney friend, who told her to follow the judge’s instructions or she could get in trouble.
“Jurors cannot fairly determine the outcome of a case if they believe they [...]