FIJA disobedience at courthouse? (fully informed jury)

[armlaw]

Is Marple a rep again?  I thought he lost.

You are correct. The General Election of one, District 9 Merrimack, being counted by one machine, had me with a 9 vote lead over the Ex-chief of Police. The following Monday a recount was requested and the last week of November the ballots were opened and revealed mysteriously an additional 51 uncounted ballots appeared?  I ended up losing by 3 ballots. Carol McGuire was one of the counters.   Dick Marple

[Quantrill]

Handing FIJA pamphlets to potential jurors would be a great idea. 

I know that many prosecutors (funny how it's always the prosecutors) have complained and sometimes successfully argued that handing out pamphlets may be construed as 'jury tampering'.  I always thought that Voir Dire was jury tampering. 

If a judge says to a jury "you may only consider the law as it is written.  You may not judge the law itself'  how come that isn't a crime?  A judge should never be allowed to lie to anyone in a court room.  I would think judges that lie to juries in regards to nullification are committing treason...

[Dave Ridley]

hey how about this instead....what if i were to just announce that i will enter the jury pool area and inform the jurors of their rights?

btw great to have you here dick/armlaw! 

[Dave Ridley]

got this message from the fija folks...after I had the idea above.  they have a web forum over there btw

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Hello!  Thank you for all you are doing for liberty!

Please post this to your forum, to provide information and give others some
ideas on resistance.
We have t-shirts!  We have literature, we have bumper stickers you can slap
on t-shirts or placards.  We have posters!

We encourage you not to scrawl on buildings or sidewalks:
Ilo always says that "Stay out of trouble, but cause all the trouble you
can" is our standard.
Dick Marple is one of our state contacts, and you can find his link on our
web site under state contacts.
www.fija.org

September 5 is Jury Rights Day - a great day to hand out literature at
courthouses, speak on radio shows or at meetings, etc.
Need more information?
Call the 800-TEL-JURY number and request free literature.
Or order lots form our web site supply shop.  www.fija.org
Linda

[penguins4me]

I'm of the opinion that the URI by itself is fairly useless, as it is both nondescript and an acronym.

Dada's sign idea, though, is something I think is quite good. :)

[d_goddard]

I'm of the opinion that the URI by itself is fairly useless

It's great as part of a pervasive strategy to get the info in front of jurors.
If a dozen people are wearing the URL on T-shirts, painted on the foreheads, writing it in chalk on the sidewalk.. you don't think people would go have a look on the internet?

[supperman15]

hey how about this instead....what if i were to just announce that i will enter the jury pool area and inform the jurors of their rights?

btw great to have you here dick/armlaw! 

sweet

we could also burn something in effagy.

[armlaw]

got this message from the fija folks...after I had the idea above.  they have a web forum over there btw

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[Dave Ridley]

what would we burn in effigy?  dick do you have links to the other records of the other hearings naming other  judges?

[Dave Ridley]

dick does the superior court where judge lynn presides lend itelf to this kind of civil dis?   where's it located/what town?  anything else he's done that's bad?

[Dave Ridley]

Here's a draft news release which includes a draft letter to the as yet unselected judge.   Still haven't settled on doing this or where but moving in that direction.   
would welcome your thoughts on improving the release.

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What:  Civil disobedience at XYZ Court, probable arrests
Why:   Inform public of "Jury Nullification:"  The right of jurors to acquit for any reason their conscience dictates.
How:    Activists will attempt to enter jury pool while near peak occupancy.  One will hold sign reading "Juries may overrule judges."  If govt. bars journalists from building, they'll have stuff to photograph outside.
Where:  XYZ Court, Street Address X, Town X, New Hampshire
When: __________
Who:  Dave Ridley, activists from NHfree.com.  Projected turnout: 20
Contacts:  Dave Ridley 999-9999, XYZ Court 666-6666
Late Breaking Details:  http://newhampshireunderground.com/forum/index.php?topic=9482.0

"It is not only (a juror's) right but also his duty... to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court."

-  President John Adams

Judge John Doe
XYZ court

Dear Judge Doe:

I wanted to let you know I intend to enter your facility on _____ at ___ a.m. and committ a harmless but controversial act of civil disobedience.  My plan is to enter the room where you hold your jury pool, and carry out a duty you and most judges have been neglecting.  I'll hold a sign which reads:

"Juries may overule judges"
FIJA.org"

If you wish to stop me you have two options:

1) Arrest me
2) Sign an affidavit pledging you'll start informing juries of their nullification rights

I intend no disrespect, bear no personal animosity and wish to believe you're a good person with good intentions.

But it's wrong for you to yank jurors away from their lives and jobs, only to willfully keep them in the dark regarding their rights and powers.  It gives the impression you covet these powers for yourself and that you prefer guilty verdicts.

The concentration of authority in the hands of judges has filled our jails with persons who have - in many cases - committed only victimless "crimes."   And it has forced taxpayers to foot the bill.   It has forced *me* to help you lock people up for owning unapproved plants, engaging in peaceable commerce, even for exercising constitutionally enumerated rights.

Historically, jury nullification helped Americans get rid of alchohol prohibition, and ______.    Nearly all citizens used to be aware of their nullification rights, and it only takes one principled juror to trigger mistrial when the government tries to enforce a bad law.  Jurors are traditionally the last line of defense against tyranny.

But more recently, many Americans have fallen into a state of ignorance and subservience, believing that they must do whatever a judge tells them.   Some judges even expel jurors for learning the simple truth about their rights. 

I urge you to take the opposite approach.  If you wish to do the right thing and present me with the requested affidavit, give me a ring and we can work something out.

If you choose to deploy policy enforcement officers against me, I will treat them with kindness and respect but will peaceably disobey their orders.  I will gently continue attempting to enter the jury room until I am physically restrained and dragged from the scene.

Despite your efforts to keep jurors ignorant, they still have the right to judge the law, the case, and you.   If you won't inform them of that right, I will.

Respectfully,


Dave Ridley
NHfree.com
_________

[David]

Keene has a paper friendly to the idea of overruling bad law, via a jury.     That may make it a good town to do it in.   
In fact, it may be possible to get some of the more liberal activists in the area to join. 
Not sure I like the idea of an 'unauthorized joining of a jury', but that should break into at least some of the mainstream media. 

[Recumbent ReCycler]

Dave, I suspect that if you told the judge in advance that you were going to enter the courthouse and do something he didn't like, he would tell security not to let you in.  Also, I don't think you would be able to get a sign past security unless it was hidden under your shirt or jacket.  I think that some kind of FIJA related protest would be a very good idea.  The tough part would be to pull it off effectively.

[Dave Ridley]

<<he would tell security not to let you in.>>

that's like telling mike fisher some cops might stop him from manicuring....

however keep the critiques coming in

[d_goddard]

Dada,

I would suggest that in the press release you include the following (feel free to edit as you see fit, of course):

This year, the New Hampshire legislature considered HB906, a bill which would have required juries to be informed of their inherent right to judge the law as well as the facts. At the public hearing on March 15, Associate Attorney General Richard Head testified before the House Judicial committee that jurors do indeed have this right.