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Jury pool "mutinies" in Marijuana Case

Started by AHPMB, December 23, 2010, 10:27:43 AM

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December 23, 2010, 10:27:43 AM
How screwed up has our justice system become when jurors expressing their entirely legal ability to refuse to convict on bad laws is referred to as a mutiny?

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_d6b1aaca-edfc-527f-ad11-f1691fdc6e3b.html
December 23, 2010, 11:46:28 AM #1 Last Edit: December 28, 2010, 02:57:54 AM by surhotchaperchlorome
Quote from: AHPMB on December 23, 2010, 10:27:43 AM
How screwed up has our justice system become when jurors expressing their entirely legal ability to refuse to convict on bad laws is referred to as a mutiny?

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_d6b1aaca-edfc-527f-ad11-f1691fdc6e3b.html

So I guess Jury Nullification doesn't matter much these days, huh?
Ain't that a shame. :(
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
December 23, 2010, 12:20:39 PM #2
Doesn't that depend or where you live anyway?
December 23, 2010, 12:46:42 PM #3
Quote from: VectorM on December 23, 2010, 12:20:39 PM
Doesn't that depend or where you live anyway?
As long as you're in the USA, it shouldn't matter.
"When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world—'No. You move.'"
-Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 537
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