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To: sig226
Ah, but stealing is not always stealing.

I understand what you're saying and if I were to sit on a jury at Robin Hoods trial, I would invoke jury nullification and not convict him. That is one of the reasons that we have trial by jury here. It's not saying that he wasn't stealing, it is nullifying the law against stealing because of extenuating circumstances in a particular instance.

Justice, well yes, but partial at best. Complete justice would have restored to him his land, wealth and reputation.

86 posted on 05/19/2009 9:14:44 PM PDT by whodathunkit (Shrugging as I leave for the Gulch)
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To: whodathunkit

You wouldn’t be on that jury. The trial would be arranged by the same people who stole the land. There wouldn’t be any justice through the courts because they were controlled by thieves.

That’s what I took away from Robin Hood.


87 posted on 05/20/2009 4:58:41 AM PDT by sig226 (1/21/13 . . . He's not my president . . . Impeach Obama . . . whatever)
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