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Old 03-09-2007, 06:31 PM
AngusThermopyle AngusThermopyle is offline
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Default Re: The Injustice of Rigged Juries: It\'s Routine

What bias?

The question the jury decides is:
Did the defendant break law X.

The judge removes prospective juror Y who says:
I refuse to convict anyone for breaking law X, even if is proven that he broke law X.

If the judge allows prospective juror Y to sit, what is the outcome?

What if a judge allowed a juror to sit who had said:
I will vote to convict, no matter what the evidence is.

Also, as one jurist noted:

"The irony is that, as a practical matter, a jury has the power to nullify an anti-nullification instruction."
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