● Denver DA Mitch Morrissey to be subpoenaed in jury tampering case of Mark Iannicelli and Eric Brandt ● Occupier Mark Iannicelli charged with jury tampering for distributing
fliers about jury nullification at courthouse ● Man Arrested, Charged with Multiple Felonies for Telling Jurors About Their Rights ● Denver DA charges man with tampering for handing out jury nullification flyers
● Occupier Mark Iannicelli charged with jury tampering for distributing fliers
about jury nullification at courthouse ● Man Arrested, Charged with Multiple Felonies for Telling Jurors About Their Rights ● Denver DA charges man with tampering for handing out jury nullification flyers
If after
learning about jury nullification you think it's a good idea: answer «yes» and you'll be rejected, but answer «no» with the intent to get on the jury to nullify and you've just committed perjury — technically a federal crime — which makes the optimal strategy once on a jury to zip it.
Thank you to the Wall Street Journal «s Ashby Jones for this informative
article about jury nullification, focusing on New Hampshire's HB 1452 which was recently introduced in the New Hampshire legislature.
Shut up
about jury nullification during voir dire and deliberations or you could be excluded or removed from the jury, leaving the defendant with no fully informed juror who will acquit.
While prosecutors and judges typically frown on such verdicts and prefer to keep this right secret from jurors so they can not exercise it, there is nothing
illegal about jury nullification and jurors can not be punished for their verdicts.
We recently brought you news that candidate for Sheriff of Greene County, Illinois, Luke Lamb, has been charged with unlawful communication with a juror for sharing a link to the FIJA website and making comments
about jury nullification on Facebook to someone who apparently requested the information.
These laws are necessary for juries to exist within a fair system, but the logical consequence is... contentious — lawyers and judges
argue about jury nullification like physicists argue about quantum mechanics.
Helena, MT — Juror rights educators around the country, in conjunction with the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA), will celebrate Jury Rights Day, mostly this week, by educating their
communities about jury nullification.
Some Juries might also rule contrary to their instructions without actually having
heard about jury nullification because they have some sort of sympathy with the defendant.
Yesterday, a jury unanimously stood in defense of juror educators» right to share general education
information about jury nullification and the Fully Informed Jury Association on Facebook, in delivering a Not Guilty verdict in the case of Luke Lamb.
In a case the defendant's attorney says is motivated by the proximity of a March 18 primary election in which his client is a contender, Luke Lamb has been charged with unlawful communication with a juror for sharing a link to the FIJA website and making
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We brought you news several months ago of so - called jury tampering accusations leveled against Luke Lamb, for allegedly sharing on Facebook a link to the FIJA website and making comments
about jury nullification to someone who apparently requested the information.
Had she known
about jury nullification, she might have voted differently.
All he did was set up a booth near the courthouse and distribute pamphlets that contained information
about jury nullification — the idea that jurors should be able vote according to their conscience.
As far as how would juror's know
about jury nullification, they could have read about the process before being selected for jury duty.