At 7:45 AM -0800 12/23/98, Declan McCullagh wrote:
If you want to vote your conscience (if it's a drug prosecution and you don't agree with drug laws for instance), there are a few organizations that you might want to look at. Maybe check out http://www.cato.org/ which last I checked had an advertisement for a new book on jury nullification etc. on their home page.
Simply vote "not guilty" on the charges (any or all) that one thinks are bad charges. Jurors are not required to "explain" their votes to anyone, least of all the government. Though, as with speaking to cops, it may be that the more one talks in the jury room, or attempts to explain to the judge, the worse a hole one digs for oneself. In particular, I'd steer clear of reading books about jury nullification, lest one be tempted to cite case law...and thus open the door for the judge to inquire further. Simply voting "not guilty" gives them no grounds for contempt charges, or whatever they usually throw at jury nullification advocates. --Tim May We would go to their homes, and we'd kill their wives and their children. We would kill their families ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments.