Our system of government was designed as one of checks and balances. One of those checks was the jury system, the right to be tried by an impartial jury.
The idea was that if the ballot box didn't work, (i.e. bad laws were passed and then enforced), the jury box could right the wrongs created. This was done to avoid the upheavals caused by reaching for another box – the ammo box.
The current judicial system holds jury’s rights in contempt, or in their words, “jury lawlessness”. The idea that one jury member could nullify a bad prosecution, (or should I say “persecution”?)
sticks in the craw of statists in black robes. It wasn’t always like that.
Originally, the concept of a jury of your peers was a group of twelve local men who knew you in life. They were the ones who judged you, based upon lifelong experiences with you and the facts in the case.
They also judged the law, its application and even the morality of the law itself. They judged the facts
and the law.
They did not elevate a mere man in a black robe to God-like status. They believed that their trial decision would be judged at the end of their life by the eternal Judge himself.
In time a doctrine evolved here in the United States whereupon juries were given strict instructions to only judge the facts in a case and regardless of the morality of the law – higher minds and the elite would determine if laws were Constitutional. This flies in the face of the original intent of juries!
Weeding out Jury Members Who Know About Jury Nullification
Expect to be asked if you believe juries can disregard laws they believe are wrong if you are called to jury duty in a criminal trial. If you are selected, expect
a stern judge to order you to judge only the facts in the case.
Personally, I would not admit knowledge of my rights. Let me tell you why.
“‘Tis no crime to lie to a liar.” Corrupt lawyers and judges have distorted the real reason we have juries – and privately, many would prefer the institution of juries to go away permanently,
as is beginning in England.
That being said, if your wife and daughter were downstairs in the basement when an armed rapist breaks into your house, are you going to answer truthfully when the thug asks where the womenfolk are? Of course not.
In a similar way I don’t have a twinge of conscience when it comes to not being forthright to a prosecutor looking to weed out “lawless jury members”. In fact, I would consider it a badge of honor to derail a dirty prosecution for
someone accused of violating one of our gun control laws innocently or a host of other federal laws that violate the Constitution.
I believe I will have to give account one day. If I was involved in sending someone to prison for violating an evil law, that will be held against me.
And what is a judge? An
unholy hybrid of a politician and a lawyer. Tell me what is honorable about that, your Honor!
What can you do?
Get educated on the
Fully Informed Jury. Spread the truth to your family and friends.
With the existing heap of federal and state laws,
you most likely have committed (unknowingly) some felony. Perhaps even today. Who knows, some investigator with a quota to fill could get you thrown into jail – your only hope then is someone on the jury who knows his rights and has the guts to do the right thing.
Be the change you hope to see. Exercise your rights on a jury. Wisely. Spread the word – the life you may save may be your own.
- Hugh Farnham
