Re: jury nullification, jury veto, jury pardon

"Ken Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Scout wrote:
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> > "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>   [snip]
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> > > No.  Listen closely.
> > >
> > > TThe judge tells the jury what the laws are.   The law of
justification
> > > says that conduct which is criminalized by other laws can in fact be
> > > engaged in during certain circumstances.  You keep saying
"nullification"
> > > Scout, but it is simply the jury following their charge and the law.
> >
> > Ah, so the judge gets to make the law anything he says it is.
> >
> > If the judge says that self defense is legal....it is. If he says it's
> > murder....it is.
> >
> > Damn, and here I thought we were a nation of law....not judge's
instruction.
>
>   You mean, you didn't know?  LOL!

Oh, I know, that's the major beef I have with our current legal system. It's
rotten. Not totally, but over large extents and it's expanding.