Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: Jury Nullification: a rem Message-ID: <9508102124.0U2UB02@support.com> References: <409jus$acp@comet.magicnet.net> Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Thu, 10 Aug 95 21:24:40 -0700 Lines: 35 jcollins@access.digex.net (John Collins) >A friend sent me the address of this web page (below). It covers the >little-known subject of "Jury Nullification". Apparently for a VERY >LONG time there has been this mechanism in our court system for making >sure that a person is not punished for a crime when such punishment is >innappropriate even if the jury finds them technically guilty of >breaking the law. > > Here is the URL: http://www.nets.com/site/raw/jury.html > >In all states but Maryland, according to the page, judges nor anyone >else in court has to actually tell the jury that this option exists. >Anyway, anyone reading this newsgroup should read the aforementioned >page, even Dennis. > >The historical background itself is incredible and there are some >elements of correspondence between the origin of this law, on behalf >of famous historical personage William Penn and his contemporary, >Dennis Erlich. > >Please do read. It is fairly short and you will find it well worth >your time. > >John Collins Thanks for the pointer and the kind words. I'll check it out. +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"