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One year when I was promoting jury nullification at the Ravalli County Fair with Dave and Leona Merrick, sure enough, Mike showed up and stopped by the table to chat.

● 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

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In addition, if a jury's decision to nullify is obviously contrary to the evidence presented at trial, the party that was disadvantaged by the nullification may decide to file a motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct.

KGNU's report provides some insight as to why the District Attorney's office might be particularly fearful at this time of the prospect of having to prove cases before fully informed jurors, aware of their right to conscientiously acquit via jury nullification:

At risk of 13 years in prison plus an addition $ 13,000 in fines, activist Jeff Olson turned down a plea deal and took his case before a jury where today he was acquitted on all 13 misdemeanor charges in what appears to be another jury nullification.

This incident occurred at the temporary south entrance of the courthouse, where Occupy Denver activists have been distributing jury nullification fliers on weekday mornings, 7:30 - 9:00 am, without incident since moving from the main doors.

I find it very disturbing that people with supervisory authority at the courthouse could still think they can call the police on our well - litigated jury nullification activity.

Courts «view jury nullification as a pernicious element in the criminal justice system... the jury's official role in court proceedings is limited solely to judging the facts of the case and applying the law as given by the judge to those facts» (Travis Hreno, «Necessity and Jury Nullification» (2007) 20 CJLJ 351 at parajury nullification as a pernicious element in the criminal justice system... the jury's official role in court proceedings is limited solely to judging the facts of the case and applying the law as given by the judge to those facts» (Travis Hreno, «Necessity and Jury Nullification» (2007) 20 CJLJ 35nullification as a pernicious element in the criminal justice system... the jury's official role in court proceedings is limited solely to judging the facts of the case and applying the law as given by the judge to those facts» (Travis Hreno, «Necessity and Jury Nullification» (2007) 20 CJLJ 351 at parajury's official role in court proceedings is limited solely to judging the facts of the case and applying the law as given by the judge to those facts» (Travis Hreno, «Necessity and Jury Nullification» (2007) 20 CJLJ 351 at paraJury Nullification» (2007) 20 CJLJ 35Nullification» (2007) 20 CJLJ 351 at para. 2)

While courts do not acknowledge or encourage jury nullification, judges take «no steps... to prevent jurors from nullifying, jurors are not subject to legal sanction for nullifying, and verdicts that are the result of nullification are not subject to review» (Hreno, at para. 2)

Mark Iannicelli was arrested on 27 July 2015 at the Lindesy - Flanigan Courthouse in Denver, Colorado where he was allegedly handing out flyers informing people of jurors» right to conscientiously acquit by way of jury nullification.

a jury - trial found the defendant guilty at the first level, then the case was appealed to the second, where the jury (via nullification) acquitted.

A hearing regarding this issue along with a motion for injunction against further arrests of juror rights educators for sharing jury nullification information outside the Lindsey - Flanigan Courthouse in Denver is scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, August 21 at 2:00 pm in the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse on the corner of 19th and Champa in Judge William Martinez» courtroom.

Further, it is clear that Mr. Lamb's comments had no effect on the juror or the jury pool because nullification or anything of that nature was not discussed during jury deliberations or at any time.

Despite all of this, the Washington Times reports that jury nullification proponents in Florida and New Jersey «have been arrested and charged with «jury tampering» for distributing handbills at the courthouse that essentially publish the text of the New Hampshire law.»

Speaking to a packed auditorium at the New York University School of Law on Monday afternoon, Justice Sotomayor said juries are sophisticated organisms that could benefit from being aware of the option of nullification.

He consistently promoted liberty, with special emphasis on jury rights, through his political campaigns and support of others», by marching in parades, tabling at hempfests, gun shows, county fairs, and other events complete with FIJA literature and posters, writing letters to the editor, and through his work with Montana Community Access TV, where he featured jury nullification as a topic more than once.

This week we have learned of a courageous New Jersey resident who is openly pursuing a jury nullification strategy in a medical marijuana jury trial coming up at the Ocean County Courthouse in Towns River, NJ.

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● How Jury Nullification Is Typically Misunderstood by Lawyers and Judges by Paul Grant, Attorney at Law and FIJA Advisory Board member

Jury nullification isn't involved at all, juror misconduct is.

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