Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com Subject: Jury nullification ri Message-ID: <9510081709.0O3PP00@support.com> Organization: L.A. Valley College Public BBS (818)985-7150 X-Mailer: TBBS/PIMP v3.35 Distribution: world Date: Sun, 08 Oct 95 17:09:26 -0700 Lines: 55 mgarde@superlink.net (Maureen Garde) noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) wrote, >in response to my expressed opinion that the Rodney King, Reginald >Denny, Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman verdicts constituted instances >of "jury nullification": > >With respect to the OJ trial, this is an opinion not supported by the facts >as they are beginning to come out. Some of the OJ jurors have talked now and >stated the time-line and the forensic evidence were not sufficient (or there >were problems with the evidence) to convict. This is not *jury nullification*. >Don't you believe the jury? In essence, the jury did what even the legal >revisionists who oppose jury nullification say a jury should only do -- they >found OJ "not guilty" because the FACTS weren't there. Maureen: >No, I don't believe the jury in this case. I think that they were >engaging in jury nullification. Perhaps I'm wrong. It won't be the >first time or the last. It's simply my opinion that they didn't do >what they said they did. Most, if not all of them, may believe that >what they were doing was based upon the evidence. I don't believe >that it was. Excuse me. I enjoy a robust discussion like this. I gotta go with Maureen on this one. LA County spent hundreds of millions on that one-year presentation to the jury. The jury said 3 hours of thinking was all it was worth to them. They got disgusted with the process and decided to tell us just what the Justice System Show was worth in reality. Nothin'. Zip. Nada. Zilch. Zero. (well, actually 3 hours is a bit more ... but not much) They walked out in the middle of act 2 because they didn't like the play and they wanted to get home before their families died of old age. And who can blame them? But one thing for sure: the taxpayers dint get their money worth of justice. Couldn't the even pretend to deliberate on a few of the points from the multi-million dollar production? If that ain't jury nullification, what is? But what'zit got to do with the scienos ... besides Marcia Clark? +--------------------------------------+ Rev. Dennis L Erlich * * the inFormer * * dennis.l.erlich@support.com + inForm@primenet.com "tar baby"