To: cougar_mccxxi
Juries are supposed to behave this way whether I personally agree with the verdicts or not. Now if only jury nullification principles were brought into play for far more important issues.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1804): Jurors should acquit even against the judge's instruction...."if exercising their judgement with discretion and honesty they have a clear conviction that the charge of the court is wrong."
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12/26/2010 9:18:52 AM PST by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
Thank you. Nice quotation.
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