Posted by Anthony Marsh on 11/07/06 00:54

jayembee wrote:
> spam@uce.gov (Citizen Bob) wrote:
>
>> jayembee <jayembeenospam@snurcher.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Therefore the law you claim is binding is not really binding -
>>> Horseshit. If you really believe that, then *no* law is binding.
>> That does not follow from what I have stated.
>
> Sure it does. You set up a hypothetical case where you'd be given
> a trial for violating copyright, and then arguing that a single
> juror voting "Not Guilty" exonerates you, and that this means
> that the law against copyright violation is not binding.
>
> How does that differ from any other crime? The criminal trial jury
> "exonerated" OJ Simpson on the charge of murder. Does that mean
> that the law against murder is not binding?
>

But in the OJ Simpson case and almost every other case it take a
unanimous finding of the jurors, not just one juror.

> -- jayembee

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