Carla Gericke in Lew Rockwell: Live Free and Nullify

[MTPorcupine3]

Here's an article that features Bob's case in particular and jury nullification in general:

Live Free and Nullify

by Carla Gericke

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/gericke2.1.1.html

Jury nullification plays a vital role in a healthy legal system. It allows people to vote their conscience and nullify bad laws, thus sending a strong message to legislators. This is how alcohol prohibition was overthrown. This is how marijuana prohibition will be overthrown.

On April 13, 2011, a jury in New Hampshire's Grafton County Superior Court brought residents one step closer to this reality. Bob Constantine, a fifty-two year old man with a bushy white moustache and the slow gait of a man with bad hips, was charged on September 4, 2009 with two felonies for "Manufacturing a Controlled Substance," and one misdemeanor count of marijuana possession.

[Lloyd Danforth]

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[Pat K]

 

[Tom Sawyer]

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[dalebert]

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[Russell Kanning]

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