Quoting Erik Bixby : > "So you see, in an American courtroom there are in a sense twelve > judges in attendance, not just one." > > Would there not be thirteen, twelve jurors and the person in robes > with the gavel? No, The 'judge' is merely a mediator, he/she does not have the final say, the 12 jurors do. > -Erik > > On 5/2/05, Eric Shubes wrote: > > Vaughn Treude wrote: > > > > > In other words, government bad, civil disobedience good. > > > :-) > > > > > A little known aspect of jurisprudence is jury nullification. > > See http://www.caught.net/juror.htm or just googling jury nullification. > > > > If you know your power and responsibility as a juror, you'll (sadly) not > > likely be selected. Judges dislike informed juries. > > -- > > -Eric 'shubes' > > "There is no such thing as the People; > > it is a collectivist myth. > > There are only individual citizens > > with individual wills > > and individual purposes." > > -William E. Simon (1927-2000), > > Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977) > > "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > R. Whitney Transcend Development "Producing the next phase of your internet presence" http://xend.net Premium Quality Web Hosting http://xendhosting.com rw AT xend.net Net Binder http://netbinder.net 310-943-6498 602-288-5340 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss