Fully Informed Jury Association

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 [...]

The National Forensics League has announced the following Lincoln Douglas debate resolution for March/April 2010:
Resolved: In the United States, the principle of jury nullification is a just check on government.
The debate geeks on our staff and the rest of us are thrilled to see this topic being debated by young people across the country! [...]

“As would be expected, this new legislation outraged abolitionists, but also angered many citizens who were previously more apathetic.
In 1851, 26 people in Syracuse, New York were arrested, charged and tried for freeing a runaway slave named William Henry (aka Jerry) who had been arrested under the Fugitive Slave Act. Among the 26 people tried [...]

From: “Robert Dreyfus”
Date: February 15, 2010 6:44:07 AM MST
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: Fw: WE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE

WE HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO NEVER HEARD THE TERM JURY NULLIFICATION, OR UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS CONFERRED BY THIS DOCTRINE, ARE NOW AWARE, AND ABLE TO EXERT THEIR RIGHTS FOR WHICH SO MANY HAVE GIVEN [...]

Email received from a Florida FIJActivist…
From: “Robert Dreyfus”
Date: February 14, 2010 12:12:13 PM MST
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: AN EASY PROJECT TO PROTECT LIBERTY
TO THOSE RECEIVING THIS INFO:
I consider each of you to be an activist.  I hope you will take time  to read the attachment, and if you think it has merit will  distribute it to others [...]

Commentary by Michigan FIJActivist Rose Lear at http://hellomichigan.blogspot.com
If you have been watching Glenn Beck everyday at 5:00 pm EST, you would hear Glenn telling you that you need to go back and study the TRUE history of our Country.
After Glenn Beck’s behavior today on his radio show, his blatant ambush of Debra [...]

Photos of activists in Grafton County, New Hampshire handing out FIJA literature this month.
Great work guys and gals!
FIJA Grafton County – December 2009
If you are inspired to do this in your own town, take a look at the links at the top of the page for the Media Catalog, the Library, and tips on [...]

by Russ Emal at LewRockwell.com
Is it true or false that when you sit on a jury, you may vote on the verdict according to your [...]

The Constitutional Right to a Jury Trial
For Publication and General Distribution -11/20/09

I’m sure many liberty activists out there share the same realization as I do that the federal government, the Federal Reserve, Wall Street, the banks, and the big corporations are all collaborating to centralize, collectivize, and control all aspects of American life and are [...]

A Look at the Jury System and Our Participation in It
by Graham Dugas
“Without justice, what are kingdoms but great bands of robbers?”  St. Augustine
The jury system is one of the few remaining checks on the system available to those of us who love freedom. We must utilize this tool to the fullest measure if we [...]

http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/121/march08/barkow.pdf

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. You [...]

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 [...]