Sentences with phrase «through jury nullification»

FIJA executive director Kirsten Tynan will speak about the juror's traditional, legal authority to conscientiously acquit through jury nullification and about the impact of various changes to the jury system on its role in protecting individual rights.

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We have more news this morning that FIJA's educational outreach efforts are paying off through the hard work of activists nationwide, this time from San Diego, California: Filner Urges «Jury Nullification» In Medical Pot Dispensary Case San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has injected himself into a federal criminal case against the operator of a medical -LSB-...]

«Jury nullification is the de facto ability of the jury to refuse to apply the law as instructed by the court, choosing instead to acquit out of compassion or compromise or because of the jury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.&raJury nullification is the de facto ability of the jury to refuse to apply the law as instructed by the court, choosing instead to acquit out of compassion or compromise or because of the jury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.&rajury to refuse to apply the law as instructed by the court, choosing instead to acquit out of compassion or compromise or because of the jury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.&rajury's assumption of a power which they had no right to exercise, but to which they were disposed through lenity.»

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.

Back side has a flow chart guiding the reader through questions to consider in determining whether jury nullification is called for to deliver a just verdict.