|  | Posted by Paul Hyett on 11/05/06 20:51 
In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Citizen Bob wrote :
 >>> 1 juror (cf. nullification).
 >>
 >>Nonsense.  The purpose of law is to ensure predictability in social and
 >>commercial interactions, not to impose the will of a dictator on others.
 >>So-called jury nullification is not legal
 >
 >You are full of it. A juror can vote his conscience if he wants to. It
 >is against the law to hold a juror accountable for his decision.
 >
 >You are one of the biggest statists I have seen in a long time.
 
 That's right, you haven't visited ukpm for a while... :)
 >
 >>and, in any event, a judge can
 >>always enter judgment non obstante verdicto ("not withstanding the
 >>verdict").
 >
 >Only in certain states, the fascist ones.
 
 Even Britain isn't *that* bad!
 >
 >>> That is not true. In the first place defendants who violate the law
 >>> can be exonerated by 1 juror.
 >
 >>And that is not true.
 >
 >You never heard of a hung jury?
 >
 >As a statist you hold that a defendant is guilty until a unanimous
 >jury pronounced him innocent. That is clearly wrong.
 
 He clearly doesn't understand concepts like 'innocent until proven
 guilty' & 'beyond reasonable doubt'.
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 Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett
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