Nullification (Jury Duty)

Nullification Sites:

Power to the jury - Civil Liberties Power to the jury - Civil Liberties: Ed Forchion is resting his courtroom hopes on the time-honored right of jury nullification. (Nullification) http://civilliberty.about.com/library/weekly/aa071999.htm Jury Nullification Jury Nullification: A brief overview of jury nullification. (Nullification) http://home.earthlink.net/~dlaw70/jurnul.htm Lone Star Fully Informed Jury Association Lone Star Fully Informed Jury Association: A Texas non-profit organization working to change the law to allow the accused (and their attorneys) to tell juries (without challenge by the judge or prosecution) of their power to vote their conscience, and to prevent judges from striking prospective ju (Nullification) http://www.lsfija.org Erowid Freedom Vault Erowid Freedom Vault: Information about the jury nullification movement. (Nullification) http://www.erowid.org/freedom/courts/jury_nullification/jury_nullification.shtml Jury Rights Project Jury Rights Project: Seeking to enhance the justice system by educating citizens about jury issues and by supporting legislation that informs jurors about jury nullification. (Nullification) http://www.levellers.org/jrp/ Fully Informed Jury Association Fully Informed Jury Association: FIJA is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilties when serving as trial jurors. FIJA also seeks to restore the political function of the jury as the final check and balanc (Nullification) http://www.fija.org/ When Judges Overreach When Judges Overreach: Commentary by Tim Lynch of the Cato Institute, arguing that jurors should not be removed simply because they indicate that they will vote their conscience. (Nullification) http://www.cato.org/dailys/01-25-00.html Reclaim the Law Reclaim the Law: Discussing jury nullification in the United Kingdom. (Nullification) http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/excuse/lawful.htm They're not subject to majority vote They're not subject to majority vote: Columnist Vin Suprynowicz defends jury nullification. (Nullification) http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/1999/Jul-25-Sun-1999/opinion/11617459.html The Power of Juries The Power of Juries: Orange County Register article on jury nullification. (Nullification) http://www.constitution.org/jury/pj/7908_ocr.htm The Intriguing Doctrine of Jury Nullification The Intriguing Doctrine of Jury Nullification: Essay by Professor Julius Marke, St. John's University. (Nullification) http://www.freedomlaw.com/JryMarke.html Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine: A Cato book forum featuring the author, Clay Conrad, Criminal Trial Lawyer, with comments by Joseph DiGenova, Former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, and Randy Barnett, Professor of Law Boston University. Requires the RealVideo streaming video (Nullification) http://www.cato.org/realaudio/cbf-03-02-99.ram Dr. Tavel's FIJA Links Dr. Tavel's FIJA Links: Commentary and links on 'fully informed juries'. (Nullification) http://www.freedomlaw.com/fijalate.htm In Jury Rooms, Form of Civil Protest Grows In Jury Rooms, Form of Civil Protest Grows: Washington Post article discusses recent jury nullification trends. (Nullification) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/jury080299.htm