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Originally Posted by August
How incredibly selfish of this guy (and the rest of you). Perhaps y'all would prefer a system where the state judges your innocence or guilt? Because that is what you are asking for when you duck your duty as a citizen.
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You have a good point there August. However the legal system in the US is certainly stacked against those who are presumed innocent. Not every case is of as much note as O J Simpson, and many are railroaded by the system (the Duke lacross players) because of the way prosecuters and the system is manipulated. Using the words jury nulification is but one example. Although it is the right of the jury to judge the case at hand it is also its right to judge the law under which the case is presented.
The lawyers of either side nor the judge will tell you that. So in my opinion they are already being unjust.