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From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Amendments
Message-ID: <4714.2843d216@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 29 May 91 21:08:54 GMT
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In article <14357.2829E99B@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG>, Tom.Jennings@f111.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Tom Jennings) writes:
> Quoting John Otto's message of 03 May: 
> 
> re: "we the people ..." thread
> 
>  >There's one place left.  In the jury box, you can acquit no matter what
>  >the judge may desire...John G. Otto   jgo@fsu.bitnet  jgo@rai.cc.fsu.edu
> 
> True, but the trend is to avoid it. I think there is one state in the US that 
> requires the court to inform the jury of this. Some actively discourage it.
> 
> There is a group called "Fully Informed Jury Assoc." pushing this very fact, 
> that it is one of the, if not the most, important check/balance in the Western 
> legal system. No matter what the evil monsters write for law, if it's unfair, 
> a jury can override it.
> 
> I don't have contact info on them -- someone here must? (I can if I have to, 
> lemme know).
>  
Red Benson, the guy who wrote The Law That Never Was about the 16th
amendment, has been working to inform people about the responsibilities
of jurors, especially with respect to IRS cases.

He points out that the Grand Jury is an even more important check than
the Petit Jury because, after it is empanelled, the Grand Jury can
subpoena public officials and call them to account with respect to
their oath of office.

He declares that it is the duty of a concerned citizen to lie during the
jury empanelling process so that you don't get challenged and kicked
out before the jury decides something.  The filters are designed to eliminate
people who understand the sovereignty of the jury so that the jury can be
manipulated by the members of the legal establishment.

dan herrick
herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com