Fully Informed Jury Association

There has been much outcry over the conviction and imprisonment of Occupy activist Cecily McMillan, including a letter from 9 out of 12 of her jurors themselves begging the judge not to include any incarceration in her sentence. Given that he currently has her locked up at Rikers Island before she has even been sentenced, […]

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Thanks to Dawn Peterson-Smith and Steve Silverman for these articles on the Cecily McMillan conviction we reported on earlier this week. Upon returning to the real world after being relatively isolated during the four-week trial, several jurors expressed their shock over the possibility that the person they just convicted could go to jail for as […]

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The four-week trial of Occupy activist Cecily McMillan wrapped up this week, with the jury delivering a verdict of Guilty on a charge of felony assault on a police officer. According to supporters and the defendant, Cecily was herself attacked by the police officer and reacted instinctively to protect herself from a sexual assault: “Seized […]

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Jury Finds Occupy Wall Street Protester Innocent After Video Contradicts Police Testimony In the first jury trial stemming from an Occupy Wall Street protest, Michael Premo was found innocent of all charges yesterday after his lawyers presented video evidence directly contradicting the version of events offered by police and prosecutors. In the police version of […]

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We recently brought you news of a case in Iowa in which a jury nullified a local rule, deciding in favor of the defendant on the basis that he was exercising his First Amendment rights. The jury ruled that the defendant’s exercise of his freedom of speech on public property took precedence over a locally […]

Tags: Constitution, David Goodner, Ed Fallon, First Amendment, Hugh Espey, Iowa, Jeff Noble, Judge Romonda Belcher, jury, Jury Nullification, justice, Kevin Hathaway, nullification, Occupy, Occupy Everywhere, Occupy Iowa, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Polk County, prosecutorial abuse, rights, Sally Frank

Another jury—this time in Polk County, Iowa—has nullified a state-imposed curfew that conflicted with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. In a strange twist, the prosecutor reportedly asked the jury to nullify the First Amendment in favor of the local restriction, but the jury chose to uphold the higher law. Jury Reaches Verdict […]

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As Occupy protesters have exercised their First Amendment rights across the country, hundreds of arrests have been made by police and numerous charges against them have been filed by government attorneys at taxpayer expense. Many of these cases are settled by protesters giving up their right to a jury trial and simply pleading guilty and […]

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