FIJA's Official Web Site - FIJA is a non-profit educational association whose mission is to inform all Americans about their rights, powers and responsibilties when serving as trial jurors. FIJA also seeks to restore the political function of the jury as the final check and balance on the American system of government. It is supported by tax-deductible contributions and foundation ...
The Federal Grand Jury web site was created to let people know what grand juries are and what they do. It also serves as an online clearinghouse where people can share thoughts, questions and information about what grand juries are actually doing.
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Jury duty preparation. Jury nullification, power, rights explained. Jurors cannot be punished for voting consciences to do justice in criminal trials.
The JRP is dedicated to:educating jurors about their right to acquit people who have been accused of victmless crimes and thereby veto bad laws; protecting jurors from judicial and prosecutorial tyranny; educating citizens about the history and power of juries; distributing current news related to jurors and juries ...
THE GRAND JURY An Essay AWARDED THE PETER STEPHEN DUPONCEAU PRIZE BY THE LAW ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA BY GEORGE J. EDWARDS, JR. OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR. PHILADELPHIA: GEORGE T. BISEL COMPANY LAW BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND IMPORTERS 1906 Introduction by Jon Roland Information from the 1973 edition Dedication, Author's Preface Detailed Table of Contents for the treatise References Table of Cases ...
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December 9, 1998 Trial by Jury by Clay S. Conrad Clay S. Conrad is the author of Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine, just published by Carolina Academic Press and the Cato Institute. Bill of Rights Day is a good time to take a step back from the controversies of the moment to ask ourselves why the Framers of the Constitution thought trial by jury was essential to preserving freedom.
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January 25, 2000 When Judges Overreach by Timothy Lynch Timothy Lynch is director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice. Fearful that more and more citizens are becoming aware of the doctrine of jury nullification, judges have started policing jury trials with greater assertiveness than in years past. This year, the California Supreme Court will decide whether a trial court ...
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Anti-government sentiment may affect trials SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - One juror. Twice recently in federal domestic terrorism trials held in Washington state, single jurors held out against 11 voting for conviction on the most serious charges. The holdouts have not said why they could not vote with the others. But as jury selection proceeds in the trial of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City ...
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The jury's power of a verdict according to conscience is enshrined as a bulwark against oppressive measures of the state ...
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In Jury Rooms, Form of Civil Protest Grows By Joan Biskupic Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 8, 1999; Page A1 In courthouses across the country, an unprecedented level of juror activism is taking hold, ignited by a movement of people who are turning their back on the evidence they hear at trial and instead using the jury box as a bold form of civil protest. Whether they are African ...
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The Power of Juries Orange County Register Monday Sep. 8, 1997 Source: Orange County Register -- metro, page 6 Contact: (letters@link.freedom.com) URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v97.n211.a11.html Some jury activist organizations have declared September 8 as Jury Rights Day, in commemoration of the day in 1670. This stubborn exercise of all the rights of a jury - exercised despite the fact ...
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A lawyer is only as good as you make him. Learn to live the liberty you love. Only vigorous education in law can reclaim freedom.
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CLINTON ACCUSED Main Page News Archive Documents Key Players Talk Politics Section Grand Jury Secrecy Rules Washingtonpost.com Following is the text of Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which establishes rules for grand jury secrecy. Recording and Disclosure of Proceedings. (1) Recording of Proceedings. All proceedings, except when the grand jury is deliberating or voting, ...
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Promoting an American public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peaceful international relations. Extensive library of studies, articles and monographs available ...
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November 11, 1999 Use Market to Select Jurors by Dominick Armentano Dominick Armentano is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. In Indian River County, Florida, as almost everywhere in the U.S., jury duty is mandated by statute. This means that the courts in the county are authorized to summon specific individuals for service in civil and criminal proceedings as jurors. A failure to respond ...
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