Quoting Erik Bixby <
erik.bixby@gmail.com>:
> "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 <plug@shubes.net> 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
> >
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