Jury Duty

[Dreaming100Straight]

If judges can interpret the law to their liking, why should they complain if a member of the jury does the same?

Judges cannot interpret the law to their liking. Should they do so, their are mechanisms to correct them by taking writs and appeals, if you mean trial level judges. You can also complain to entities such as the commission on judicial performance in some situations. In some jurisdictions, trial judges are elected and subject to recall elections.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

How can one be honest, and still agree that you would not have problems with the Judges instructions, when you DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BE??

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I would not agree in advance to "have no issues" with something that I don't know what it is. Neither would I sign a blank check.

That was (and is) pretty much the way I look(ed) at it. Demanding that I, as a juror, agree to follow unknown instructions regarding as-yet unknown laws, given by an unknown judge, is asking me to sign a blank check.

No way would I agree to do that. But I do agree with the concept of jury nullification, and I would not have volunteered same if they hadn't asked. As I posted above, I was under oath, and my oath means something to me. Once they asked, I had to answer honestly.

 

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Demanding that I, as a juror, agree to follow unknown instructions regarding as-yet unknown laws, given by an unknown judge, is asking me to sign a blank check.

And what does it say about the state of our system when BOTH sides councils AND the Judge ask and EXPECT you to sign that blank check in order to be on a jury???