Re: jury nullification, jury veto, jury pardon

Jon Beaver wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:35:35 GMT, "Scout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >"Jon Beaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:13:50 GMT, "Cole Firearms Inc."
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> >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.
> >
> >Which law would that be Constitutional law, or the law of tyranny?
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> >Yep, but it is better to die in the cause of freedom than live in the safety
> >of servitude.
>
> Except that respecting the rights of others isn't "servitude."

  Problem is, you can't seem to *show* that others' rights aren't being
respected or in the alternative, that they would be materially impaired.