Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:54

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Would you still avoid this duty if you knew you had the power to change unjust laws, to strike down unjust legislation?
You have the power to wipe out laws that do nothing to protect the interests of our sociaty! You have not been taught this because
this power allows the citizens of America to say HELL NO, or better yet WHY?

According to http://www.fija.org/docout.php?id=180&filename=jurors_handbook_a_citizens_guide_to_jury_duty.pdf&filesize=97920
JURY POWER in the system of checks
and balances:
In a Constitutional system of justice, such as ours, there
is a judicial body with more power than Congress, the
President, or even the Supreme Court. Yes, the trial
jury protected under our Constitution has more power
than all these government officials. This is because it
has the final veto power over all "acts of the legislature"
that may come to be called "laws".

Wow!!! real power in the constitueints hands, imagine that, No wonder the judges and lawyers don't want you to know about it.
In fact if you read the full article you will find that the Supreme Court upheld the courts ability to lie to you and that you should ignore this
constitutional power when jury instructions are handed down. WHY, what are they affraid of if we are a "Nation of Laws that uphold the Constitution".
If you remeber the OJ Trial, you saw Jury Nullification at work, Everyone on the States side and perhaps even the Judge himself thought he was guilty,
yet the Jury had the final say. He is a free man wether he did it or not. Not the finest shining example I know, but it is the most famous.


Also found in the same article from the Fully Informed Jury Association of the American Jury Institute
Meanwhile, out in Nevada, a 50-year-old florist and
grandmother almost landed in prison for her efforts to
help spread the word to jurors. When her son went on
trial for drug charges in federal court, Yvonne Regas
and a friend papered the windshields of nearby parked
cars, hoping to let the jurors learn the completely
unexpected fact that her son faced 450 years in prison
for a single drug transaction nine years earlier. Federal
authorities charged her with jury tampering and
obstruction of justice, but eventually dropped the
charges. Presumably, they gave up hope of figuring out
how they could get jurors to convict her without showing
them the contents of the pamphlets she had been
distributing -- and then her jury would know the truth
about nullification.
Despite all the modern government resentment toward
"jury nullification," its roots run deep in both our history
and law. At least two provisions of the Constitution, and
arguably three, protect the jury's power to nullify. They
also explain why that power is limited to criminal cases,
and has no analogy in the civil context.

Still the other part of the problem remains, defendants need to realize it is not in their best interest to Plea out.
There is a huge business in the colusion between the Prosecuting Attorney, the Lawyer, and the Judge, we have a Kangaroo Court System now.
We need to change it, the War on Drugs has been going on since 1918, how close to winning it are we, and how much has it cost?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs
The U.S. government estimates the cost of the War on Drugs by calculating the funds used in attempting to control the supply of illegal drugs, in paying government employees involved in waging the war on crack, and to satisfy rehabilitation costs. This total was estimated by the U.S. government's cost report on drug control to be roughly $12 billion in 2005. Additionally, in a separate report, the U.S. government reports that the cost of incarcerating drug law offenders was $30.1 billion — $9.1 billion for police protection, $4.5 billion for legal adjudication, and $11.0 billion for state and federal corrections. In total, roughly $45.5 billion was spent in 2005 for these factors.[2] The socioeconomic costs, as well as the individual costs (i.e., the personal disadvantages in income and career), caused by the incarceration of millions of people are not included in this number. Nor are the many real wars fought in the name of the "War on Drugs" included.
In 1998 the total cost of drug abuse in America was estimated at $143.4 billion.[3] This number, however, includes indirect costs and includes some costs of drug policy enforcement, and so is not directly comparable.
The Estimate for last year was over $60 Billion of our taxes, yet violent criminals are let free to commit more violent crimes on us.The propaganda we are feed is "We are a Nation of Laws", WRONG we are a NATION OF JUSTICE and in that justice have the power to change the course of direction for this nation, never forget that. We are at a crossroad in our country today their is a man running for the Presidencywho also wants to return us to the vision of our Founding Fathers. Please visit www.ronpaul2008.com get all the facts and vote your conscience this election. This may well be the American publics last hope against corporate governement and any future of freedom for our Children's Children's Children. God Bless

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