Re: jury nullification, jury veto, jury pardon

"Jon Beaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Yes, there is.  Self-defense is an inherent right.  You picked a bad
> example.

Wasn't Bernard Goetz charged with some variant of 'illegal firearm' even
though it was obvious that he had been prudent to have it along when
attacked?

>.....Remember that true nullification
> involves LYING about their state of mind.  There is no inherent
> abstract legal right to "nullify" the law.

John Jay, Samuel Chase, Holmes and Harlan Stone disagree- and US v.
Dougherty, 473 F 2nd 1113, 1139, (1972) would seem to reinforce them- if my
casual layman's untutored eye is not mistaken.

Chas