I am sure many of you a have heard of the Fully Informed Jury Association. http://www.fija.org/
Since the right of juries to nullify, etc is not required to be told to the jury by a judge, I think we should try to see what we can do inform juries of this right.
Perhaps standing out infront of the court house one morning a week or month and giving out free Jury Handbooks?
JP
Yes! I've been wanting to do this, too.
Quote from: katdillon on January 03, 2005, 07:22 AM NHFT
Yes! I've been wanting to do this, too.
Cool stuff! Great minds think alike ;)
So, we should figure out how many other people are interested. Perhaps we can write up a schdule to have at least one person per week do this in the morning as jurors are coming in to the court.
JP
I really like the idea. Maybe we could be wearing t-shirts and handing out little fliers that lead to their website. :)
ATTENTION JURORS:
There is important information regarding YOUR RIGHTS as a member of a Grand and/or Trial Jury.
Many courts will not outline these rights as they expect you to know them as part of your CIVIC DUTY.
To learn more about YOUR RIGHTS please visit the Fully Informed Jury Association website at www.fija.org
How does that sound for a flyer?
JP
No, they need actual information that day, as they're walking into the courthouse, not later when they can possibly look up a webpage.
If we do a one page flyer like that in black and white, we might be able to get that done by Varrin super cheap.
I like the text. We can see how people react to it. :)
I think Kat is right, they need to have at LEAST a synopsis of their rights....
JP
I just found contact information for the FIJA in NH.
Dick Marple
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Phone: (603)627-1837
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E-Mail: armlaw(a)hotmail.com
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Address: 11 Dartmouth St, Hooksett, NH 03106
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I just shot off an email to him telling him that we are discussing FIJA here on the board and that he should come join us. I also asked for more information on what he is already doing with FIJA in NH.
JP
Here are some downloads from fija:
http://www.fija.org/torfcard.pdf
http://www.fija.org/THE%20BIGGEST%20AND%20MOST%20POWERFUL.doc
http://www.fija.org/dobest1.pdf
http://www.fija.org/dobest2.pdf
Cool thanks Kat!
JP
Quote from: jcpliberty on January 04, 2005, 08:30 AM NHFT
I just found contact information for the FIJA in NH.
Dick Marple
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Phone: (603)627-1837
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E-Mail: armlaw(a)hotmail.com
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Address: 11 Dartmouth St, Hooksett, NH 03106
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I just shot off an email to him telling him that we are discussing FIJA here on the board and that he should come join us. I also asked for more information on what he is already doing with FIJA in NH.
JP
Maybe he could sponsor some legislation to properly inform juries...
He is a State Rep.
Interesting, I didn't know that. That would be great. However, there were two cases that came before the United States Surpreme Court regarding FIJ. They ruled that while jury nullification was a right, that judges did not have to tell the jury that they retained this right. Their argument was that American Citizens are supposed to be informed about their rights on their own.
I tend to agree, government shouldn't have to explain your rights. As I always say (and this is the reason I carry my pocket Constitution with me everywhere I go) IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY.
JP
It sure seems silly to have judges instruct the jury about everything else, but not their full rights. They instruct them to not pay attention to evidence that they just heard or saw with their own eyes. ::)
But you are right JP, we need to inform the juries.
This is an excellent cause. Glad to see that you've already found the NH FIJA. I think they have a really good brochure that'd be perfect for handing out to jurors. Although I agree that judges should not have to tell you your rights, since you should know them, but I am also under the impression that they often tell the jurors incorrect info about their rights. This has gotta stop!
I downloaded the "True or False" brochure from the FIJA. How many do we need to print? I would be happy to do the printing.
Well, I guess my luck number tonight is 1000...so 1000 I suppose. We've never done this in NH before, so we don't know for sure. That should hold us over for awhile.
JP
Awesome! I'd always wanted to do this down here. Dammit I wish I was in NH. Please take pictures, and make sure there is more than one of you there in case the cops harass you (Of course I'm thinking about FL cops, apparently they are nicer there).
I wonder what the response would be if you mailed letters describing this to the Judges, I suppose it's possible they are ignorant of this right as well...
Ian
In MA they print up the prospective juror list for the whole next year in December... wonder if NH does that... we could MAIL THEM instead.... then we are SURE to hit every prospective Juror.....
JP
I'm printing up 100 copies of the "True or False" brochure from FIJA. Who wants them? ::)
Make that 1000 copies. Sorry... ;D
Quote from: Scott Roth on January 09, 2005, 03:32 PM NHFT
Make that 1000 copies. Sorry... ;D
I'll take 200. I can hand them out easily.
JP
I'll take some, Scott. Thanks! I just need to figure out when's a good time to hand them out.
Scott brings some with you wherever you go maybe... if you're at the Monadnock porcs meeting wednesday you can hand some of them out there for others to hand out.
Lori and I plan to be there, if no one has any objections. I'll bring along some brochures too.
I've got 400 printed and folded so far... : ::)
Great, Scott...see you both there!
We can help fold while we chat tomorrow night :)
Already folded. ;D But looking forward to the company...
Quote from: katdillon on January 11, 2005, 09:17 PM NHFT
We can help fold while we chat tomorrow night :)
What's going on tomorrow?
JP
Check the calendar, O great Protector Of The Innocent! ;D
Monadnock Porcupines meeting at the pizza place here in keene.
Quote from: katdillon on January 11, 2005, 09:28 PM NHFT
Monadnock Porcupines meeting at the pizza place here in keene.
What pizza place? I'd love to come!
JP
He's a growing lad.
Here's the skinny:
http://www.soulawakenings.com/underground/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Monadnock+Porcupines
Cool! Thanks, see you there!
JP
Amazing what pizza can do... :o
Mmmmm....piiiiza.
They have "diabetic" pizza, right? ;D
Quote from: Scott Roth on January 11, 2005, 09:51 PM NHFT
They have "diabetic" pizza, right? ;D
YUCK! But, if you gotta have it, you gotta have it!
JP
It's not TOO bad...just hold your nose and drink alot with it. :'(
Quote from: Scott Roth on January 11, 2005, 09:59 PM NHFT
It's not TOO bad...just hold your nose and drink alot with it. :'(
No thanks :-X :-\
JP
Just more for me. :o LOL!
Quote from: Scott Roth on January 11, 2005, 10:04 PM NHFT
Just more for me. :o LOL!
That's ok, more of every other kind of pizza for me.
JP
They have good salads at this place, if you can't eat pizza.
Works for me. Looking forward to the visit.
Can someone post a copy of the law regarding what we can and can't legally do at a courthouse to promote FIJA?
Good to know where the line is so you can decide whether to cross it.
I like this idea and also the subject of jury nullification in general. I happen to be taking an independent study class on it currently. You might run into some problems though. The FIJA packet you are referring to warns about giving it to jurors already on a jury as jurors cant use outside information. YOu would have to be sure that the people you are handing it to are potential jurors and not actually on a jury yet. At least thats what FIJA states.
You can't tell lawyer jokes 101 reasons (http://www.soulawakenings.com/underground/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=101+Reasons+to+Fear+your+Government) see #75
90% of lawyers give the other 10% a really bad name. ;)
:) ;) :D ;D lol 8)
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LOL! ;D
There's a ton of them here:
http://nolo.com/humor/jokes.cfm
The company sells books for self-help legal tips.
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Those are seriously funny.
Fantastic! I have some I'll get around to sharing. I love telling them, like poetry, I like saying it outloud, so next meeting -- remind me to tell lawyer jokes.
JP
How about you regale us with jokes on your birthday?
Quote from: katdillon on January 14, 2005, 11:49 AM NHFT
How about you regale us with jokes on your birthday?
Ok!
JP