And here’s the real kick in the ass… The defense attorney is NOT ALLOWED to inform the jury that they can nullify. They also can’t inform the jury of what kind of punishment the defendant may receive.

Example:
Lets say a kid in his mid 20’s is busted with 10 pot plants, small enough that they all fit in a small baking pan (maybe 2-4 inches tall). The jury is thinking, “okay, this is the kid’s first offense, no previous criminal history, the judge is going to give him a couple of years probation. That’ll teach him his lesson and he’ll probably never do it again… GUILTY”

The jury can NOT be informed that the feds calculate what those plants MIGHT have grown up to produce and sentence the kid accordingly. If they knew the kid would spend the next 20 years in a medium security prison, they may just decide to nullify the verdict…. if they knew they could that.

Why do the authorities wish to keep jurers in the dark on matters of such importance when citizens’ lives are at stake?

Mike, kudos to your brother for having the knowledge and making a stand. That’s a real man, and a real patriot for ya!

The problem is the Protect and serve creed, when it referred to the citizens it was good, but now the only people they protect and serve are their masters in government, with no regard for the average citizen who has been made a criminal with unjust laws. I hate to use the whole Nazi analogy but its one everyone can can understand….those guys tossing bodies in the ovens were just upholding the law….

My brother sat on a jury on a simple possession charge, Marijuana. Not one other person on the jury knew that they had the right and the DUTY to nullify a law that they did not believe to be just.

My brother explained jury nullification and the vote went from 11 to 1 in favor of guilty to not guilty but only after my brother and a few others resolved to hang the jury. I was proud of him, like me he doesnt use any drugs at all but my Libertarian views have rubbed off on him…or maybe its just how we were raised.

It is time we took back this country…It can be done, and the concept of jury nullification and informed juries would be a HUGE step in the right direction.

I also like the concept of loser pays, if the prosecutor fails to get a conviction his budget must pay the defendants attorneys fees.