The Government is out of Control, and what You can do about it!

[AdamLanes 1]

Please help spread the word about Jury Nullification. If you are called for jury duty, please GO, and consider not only the facts of the case as they pertain to the law, but help decide the law itself by refusing to convict individuals of unjust laws.

[skyjumpsteve 0]

Any context here to this post?

[JohnRich 4]

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Any context here to this post?

Possible translation:

"I was busted for marijuana recently, and I think it was wrong. I shouldn't have been convicted, because marijuana shouldn't be illegal."

[lurch 0]

Nice. Bet you nailed it first guess. Now to fit the standard SC pattern, we cue the stern self-righteous guy that pops in and tells him you broke the law now deal with the consequences, if you don't like the rules change em the legal way through the system, till then you're criminal scum and deserve it. To which I'd reply with a quote from Pat Condell... "What are you gonna do... Vote? (Snicker) Good luck with that."
Then we get some rebel shows up loudly claiming he does what he wants and the man can't keep him down, somebody else pops in with some vaporous statement about the spirituality of ganja and how its natural so its ok, then the legals jump on them for it, and eventually somebody turns this into a gun thread. Or maybe Chuteless shows up and tells us all about gods WORD and how the U.S. is done for before Bush's term is out, he knows cause of the secret magic codes hidden in gods WORD and we're all goin to hell.
Can I call em or what?
-B

Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.

[Belgian_Draft 0]

You broke the law, now deal with the consequences.
That's what you get for not sharing.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

[shropshire 0]

Conservative : You broke the law and let the rest of the country down - you should be put in stocks on the village Green.

Liberal : I support your right to hate the government of the day and will ensure that the rich help pay for your defense lawyer

(.)Y(.)
Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Andrewwhyte 1]

You guys have people going to trial for possession of marijuana?
Barbarians. No wonder people do whatever they can to avoid jury duty; what a colossal waste of time.

[skyjumpsteve 0]

Not anymore in Massachusetts! We got smart and decriminalized posession of small quantities of weed.

[Beachbum 0]

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Possible translation:

"I was busted for marijuana recently, and I think it was wrong. I shouldn't have been convicted, because marijuana shouldn't be illegal."

Could just as easily have been "I was busted for carrying my pistol without a conceal license, and I think it was wrong. I shouldn't have been convicted, because carrying my own gun shouldn't be illegal" ....

As long as you are happy with yourself ... who cares what the rest of the world thinks?

[nerdgirl 0]

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Please help spread the word about Jury Nullification. If you are called for jury duty, please GO, and consider not only the facts of the case as they pertain to the law, but help decide the law itself by refusing to convict individuals of unjust laws.

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Any context here to this post?

Based on some of Adam's previous posts here:
""Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" by Ayn Rand"
on protection of individual rights
"The US Government is a Terrorist Organization"
opposition to seat belt laws

... my speculation ... & that's all it is ... is that it is more regarding the TARP (the bailout) and regulation of private capital (?) Although the latter would potentially include private usage of marijuana.

I too am curious as to the intended context.

Adam - will you explain the context of your OP and your advocacy of jury nullification? Thanks!

VR/Marg

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying

[TheBachelor 5]

The last I checked, in California, you couldn't use Jury Nullification. On the other hand, the last time I was called for jury duty, I used that to get out of serving. When questioned, I just stated that this particular case was one that I would see using Jury Nullification (even though by law, I couldn't). I was immediately released from jury duty.

There are battered women? I've been eating 'em plain all of these years...

[Andy9o8 2]

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Possible translation:

"I was busted for marijuana recently, and I think it was wrong. I shouldn't have been convicted, because marijuana shouldn't be illegal."

Another possible translation:

"Here in Mississippi, ain't no white jury gonna convict a white man of whuppin' a nigra."

[Gene03 0]

It's one of our most sacred rights against an ever increasing federal government.

And it works.

http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=374236

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

[mnealtx 0]

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Any context here to this post?

Possible translation:

"I was busted for marijuana recently, and I think it was wrong. I shouldn't have been convicted, because marijuana shouldn't be illegal."

Another possible translation:

"Here in Mississippi, ain't no white jury gonna convict a white man of whuppin' a nigra."

You just LOVE throwing the race card, don't you?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[pirana 0]

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Nice. Bet you nailed it first guess. Now to fit the standard SC pattern, we cue the stern self-righteous guy that pops in and tells him you broke the law now deal with the consequences, if you don't like the rules change em the legal way through the system, till then you're criminal scum and deserve it. To which I'd reply with a quote from Pat Condell... "What are you gonna do... Vote? (Snicker) Good luck with that."
Then we get some rebel shows up loudly claiming he does what he wants and the man can't keep him down, somebody else pops in with some vaporous statement about the spirituality of ganja and how its natural so its ok, then the legals jump on them for it, and eventually somebody turns this into a gun thread. Or maybe Chuteless shows up and tells us all about gods WORD and how the U.S. is done for before Bush's term is out, he knows cause of the secret magic codes hidden in gods WORD and we're all goin to hell.
Can I call em or what?
-B

We've got a resident clairvoyant AND a resident anarchist. All in one thread.

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley