Community | August 31, 2011 | 14 comments

Jury Rights Day - September 5th

source: http://fija.org/jury-rights-day/

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Jury Rights Day!
A History
On September 5, we celebrate Jury Rights Day. On this day in 1670, Quaker William Penn of London was arrested, pled not guilty, and subsequently argued against England’s Conventicle Acts, which outlawed the practice of religions other than the Church of England.

The Judge instructed the Jurors to find Penn guilty. The Jurors’ refusal to enforce a bad law led to the Court jailing and withholding food and water from the Jurors. Read the rest about jury rights day and about your rights when you serve on a jury here at: http://fija.org/jury-rights-day/
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14 comments // Jury Rights Day - September 5th

  • Mark_Godbey
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      Mark_Godbey  

    • Bring back Jury Nullification. The power of the jury to dismiss a case, or even to declare laws unconstitutional. Now that is real power to the people. Take the law out of the hands of the bureacratic judges and attorneys and lying cops.

    • 9 months ago
  • savroD
  • EugeneNixon
  • CitizenRuleBook
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      CitizenRuleBook  

    • "It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." ~ Thomas Jefferson

      From the great little book, "The Citizen Rule Book".

    • 9 months ago
  • critic
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      critic [removed]  

    • Check this out Awesome!

      "The right of the people to be secure in their persons ... against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated ..."
      The human right that controls all other rights is the absolute ownership and management of one’s own body.Without complete ownership of your body, you cannot hold rights.
      Throughout history, kings and dictators claimed ownership of everyone's body as a way to control all people and their actions. The U.S. Constitution reversed that flawed form of government. But now, government again claims the power of kings, seizing ownership of your body. Their actions, rather than their lies, prove that the government holds no compassion or respect for you. To government, your body is merely a working device it owns, to be taxed. ~ The Jury is your defense.

      http://fija.org/docs/BR_2007_who_owns_your_body.pdf

    • 9 months ago
  • shanklinmike
  • Polochick09
  • TruthBTold
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      TruthBTold  

    • If you get a jury summons try to get on that jury. You are the most powerful person in the courtroom not the judge. Do not listen to the judge he will lie to you, he will tell you that you have to follow the law and vote on the facts being presented. This is not true. The judicial system has been corrupted by special interest groups that own prisons. These companies are traded on the stock exchange and receive money from the federal government.

    • 9 months ago
  • iloilo
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      iloilo  
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    • Free literature to download and print from the web site library—look under brochures. FIJA.org.
      Still time to order the cards to hand out during Jury Rights Week, too. Because JRD is on Labor Day this year, we are celebrating September 1-10. Lots going on around the land. If you have an event, or take part in any way, let us know via our Facebook pages, linked from the bottom of the FIJA.org home page.
      Celebrate! Have Fun! Be Free!
      (That's Doug with the flag. Nice, eh?)

    • 9 months ago
  • critic
  • TruthBTold
  • JohnGalt
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      JohnGalt [removed]  

    • When you serve on a jury you have a right to judge the facts of the case and the law itself. If you think that the law is a bad law or it is being misapplied you can vote not guilty. If you stand your ground and tell the rest of the jurors that you are not changing your mind, you have a hung jury. Goggle 'jury nullification' stand up to bad laws! Remember! No Victim, Means No Crime!

    • 9 months ago
  • EugeneNixon
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