Saturday, August 21, 2010

Should juries be able to disregard the Law and free ';Guilty'; persons in racially charged cases?

Wanted to hear about your opinion on this topic.Should juries be able to disregard the Law and free ';Guilty'; persons in racially charged cases?
Wow ... no ... where does that stop at?Should juries be able to disregard the Law and free ';Guilty'; persons in racially charged cases?
It is the jury generally who would decide if the person was legally guilty. Therefore the person is not guilty unless the juryb says so and if they turn them loose they are therefore not turning loose a guilty person. This of course does not touch with a 10 foot pole the ? of whether or not they should have found them guilty beond a reasonable doubt. Juries are not always fair just as many other things are not fair and sometimes there are ';legal technicalities'; that cause someone to get to walk when it cerainly seems they shouldn't and visa versa.
No. The constitution says that everyone is equal under the


law. Everyone should be treated equally, regardless of race,


creed, color, sex or anything else. Whatever the case, only the innocent should go free and the guilty should receive just punishment. Disregard of the law sends a pretty stupid


and dangerous message.
O.J. Simpson criminal case stands as the new level to which a jury will go in exercising its right to ';nullify'; the evidence. I f you take the legal system serious after the verdict in the Simpson case you deserve to live in America. Jury nullification is used all the time by minority defendants who have a ';good jury.';
Most people would say no. That is because they have never been a victim of things like that. But Black and Brown Know these situations to well. What we need to do is open a Forum of discussion on case law vs Constitutional law and evolved from there. Great Point and Question.
Isn't that called anarchy or communism? The point of having laws in place is for them to be followed. If you disagree with the law, change the law, don't just pretend it doesn't exist.

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