Re: jury nullification, jury veto, jury pardon

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 05:40:02 GMT, ptsc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:26:42 -0700, Jon Beaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:13:50 GMT, "Cole Firearms Inc."
>
>>>Nullification is the last chance the public has to Defend against
>>>prosecutorial misconduct, or a wrongful indictment.
>
>>No, armed rebellion is always a choice.  It's certainly a way of
>>deciding things when it can't be decided by law.  For instance, we
>>decided certain fundamental disagreement over federal supremacy in the
>>Civil War.  But you'd better make sure it's a principle worth dying
>>for because that's what usually happens.
>
>Somehow, nullification seems a trifle less radical than armed rebellion,
>whatever else one might think of it.

It depends on who's rights are being "nullified."

- Jon Beaver