Jury Nullification: Exercise Your Right to Fight Unfair Laws
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/jury-nullification-exercise-your-right-to-fight-unfair-laws_022014

What would you do if you were selected for jury duty, but felt that the "broken" law itself was unjust, unfair, or unconstitutional?

Did you know that, as a juror, you have the right to acquit a defendant in a criminal case if you determine the law itself to be flawed?

Even if the court proves the law in question was actually broken, a jury has a right to find the defendant innocent if the law is found to be unfair, immoral, unjustly applied, or unconstitutional.

This is called jury nullification.

I never bother with the Fairfax commune news. Never read the article but the obnoxious jury person obviously was a Fairfax of the first order.
Juries acquit more than they convict dummy!
I am with some of the other posters The right to silence is only 400 years old prior to that no one expected the truth from the accused so it was ignored.
We do need an inquisitorial system without lawyers on piecework. That would reduce costs by two thirds.
Sadly lawyers make up such a proportion of politicians we have no hope of getting that through.
Perhaps the author of this piece would be better served by changing his own rules first? One Barrister has been bankrupt many times every time because of non payment of his taxes owing. How can we treat lawyers as anything but, words fail me here, whilst they encourage this sort of totally unethical behaviour?

Good point about “jury nullification,” god/1. From Crikey about a year ago:

“In Defence of Juries

Gavin R. Putland writes: Re. “Keane: online activists and exemplary punishment”. The propensity of governments to punish activists and whistleblowers out of all proportion to the harm that they do, or indeed in spite of the good that they do, in a blatant attempt to deter dissidents from embarrassing the government and the rent-seekers who control it, is one reason why we need a constitutional right to be tried by a jury of fellow citizens who are not obliged to give reasons for their decision.

If the jury concludes that the prosecution is politically motivated, or that the punishment is likely to be manifestly excessive, or that the “law” is, in the immortal words of Thomas Aquinas, “no law at all, but rather a species of violence”, then the jury can simply acquit the defendant in the teeth of the “law” and the facts, in which case the acquittal is binding.

“Jury nullification”, as this practice is called, is impeccably democratic. Its direct democracy by sortition — the jurors being a random sample of the electorate. It also conforms to the principle that a more extreme decision requires a stronger democratic mandate.
It asserts, in effect, that if a law creating a crime is to apply in a particular case, it must not only be passed by the legislative branch and approved by the executive branch, but also cleared by whichever 12 electors make up the jury.

Moreover, jury nullification is essential to the equality of the three branches of government, and to the efficacy of the separation of powers as a safeguard of freedom. The legislative branch, by itself, can free the accused by changing the law. The executive branch, by itself, can free the accused by exercising discretion or clemency. But only through jury nullification can the judicial branch, by itself, free the accused. Thus, only with jury nullification can it be said that it takes all three branches of government to take away your freedom, but only one to give it back.”

thanKS JKU..i needed that[see im in couRT today..yet again
for a 'summery OFFENSE''[THUS NO JURY TRIAL OPTION.]

ie its a statuted/offence..[for persons under the ACT]..im not a person/under the act[or rather i had 'personS'..UNDER THE ACT[THEIR ID]..their licenses their compulsory COMMERCE [THIRD PARTY INSURANCES ETC]

SORRY the caps key keeps shifting

anyhow im charged with possession..LOL..of a 'consumable'
MADE A 'THING'..via the lie of putting a plant onto a prohibited drug list..THEN NOT EVEN JOINING ..the thing..

anyhow 35.000 kids are criminalized each year in qld alone..fOR 'simple possession'..[IE NO JURY TRIAL]..it raises 65 million plus each year..IN REVENUE..with 20 out of 21 pleading guilt

its a nice little money earner for lawyers/judges..[like in a day in court the 'legal aid' lawyer..can sheppard through INTO CRIMINALITY..IGNORANT 35,000 KIDS EACH YEAR..FOR MONEY..

its a grand scam..[see god gave all manKind the plant[gen1;29]..so we all 'posses the damm thing...YET ONLY ONE PERCENT OF the population..IS 'DEEMED'..TO POSSES IT..

the concept is demonically clever..possession is 9/10 the law/yet noe a god given duty has been profitably criminalized..BUT MOST GROW OUT OF IT..but silly me lacking in peers never did..[after 9 months jail i got out and went into social isolation[self imposed HOME detention]
[i was cautioned leaving jail not to talk to anyONE]..SO I DIDNT.

I WAS EVENTUALLY PUT ON A PENSION..BY ALLOWING A..phyc to make me a 'person'..under the act[but have been person free now for years[as i refused to seek advice ..and deliver a letter saying im nuts..to yet other govt agents..BY THE LIE OF 'PERSON'..

CTD

...im sure I COULD CONVINCE A JURY TODAY
but that isnt an option..but i got many other cards up my sleave..so today..I GO IN TOASK A MAGI-straight..qUE WARRENTO[BY WHAT RIGHT DID GOVT DECLARE WAR ON ME BY STATUTED LIE.

anyhow i prepare for court
i know in 8 previous court io have been found..to have poSSESION
yet the police taking it away..proves i neVER HAVE..i gop to claim posesion..[but cant plead guilty TO POSESION..because clearly[by cops taking it by force..donT]

BUT ALL THEY SEE IS PAPER..they live in the realm of delusion
THEY EXPECT ME TO PAY Commerce..in paper/credit/yet only coin is lawful tender[so catch 22\..they resolved that by spers repeatedly punnishing me/canceled my license/canceled my rego/levied my bankaccount..and now have a lien on my house

for a lie
and no jury of peerts to hear
BUT ITS CRIMINAL MATTER NOW..[I WAS ASSAULTED]

i know i stILLCANT WIN..AS this is satans realm
but just to show up means i have towalk 5 hours..or pay commerce to get there.

anyhow..im angry
im in court in 4 hours
asking q'warrento..by what right.
they allready killed me..im a corpse walkiNG..im so bad..the world will be much better without..me stinking up the joint.

[but i know god is watching..saying do it for the kids jonny.]
so i go..[the commonwealth CON SAY NO LAWS FOR RELIGION
IM BEING RELIGIOUSLY PErcicuted..by satanists of state fictions.]

they will win yet again
but spers will have to modify the lien
WITHOUT NOTICING ME AGAIN/CLEARLY Unlawful[que warRento]

I Wish they would just shoot me..[]
i been..alone since 1986..govt made my life hell
i prepare for battle..THE FIRST TIME..i was informed..
'ignorance..of the law..is no excuse'..

well im not a kid no more.
I NOW KNOW..THE RULES.

FINALY..AFTER..three court 'appearances'..of person
i get a hearing on 6 th may..[d day]..there i will have the ear of one sworn to srve hrh /her airs and suck ceasers..[just like the police perciuter and me

all sworn..to serve hrh/herself..[ie govt/the crown]..and we the air that sustains the delusion[regardless..under the magna carta..a maGGI..MAY BE HEARD BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS IN CASE OF MALFEASANCES AND ACTS OF TREASON

..well i get my hearing on 6 th of maY
EXPOSING THE HIGH TREASON..I HAVE REVEALED..ON THESE VERY PAGES

the govt noticed me to notice them
this is thyne notice..declared me this day

i have found high treason..in so many ways..from quewarrento doth the crown..declare war on me hrh treasure/income servant etc

BY WHAT RIGHT DOTH HER CROWN IMOVERISH US WIth endless taxes levies fees fines surcharges [payable only in credit or paper/plASTIC..BUT NOT IN HRH DEBASED COIN?

coin debasement is high TREASON
and as we are under marshal law..we are yet at war[high treason your maJESTIES SERVANTS..god save the queen..was our truth[not advance australia capitalist exploiters,,fair..by unfair top dopwn bailout

they went broke
now try to break us..your majesty
i go TO SPEAK WITH ONE SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT
asking by what right..they double the price of services
by what right they run..a protection racquet..that wastes 3 days of my time SO FAR.

I NEED WITNESS..TO CALL TO TESTIFY
BUT FIRST NOTICE YOUR NOTICE VIA MY NOTICE
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=6152#178808