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Juror
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Your Rights, Duties and Responsibilities
The amazing thing about jurors in a Constitutional Republic is that
they have the benefit of being sovereign citizens in judgment of the
law and not just the person who broke the law. This is an awesome
power. The Founders clearly defined it.
This means that every citizen who is on jury duty is a king or a
queen in judgment of the very laws that make your fellow citizen a
criminal in the first place.
This is a measure that should already have been handled by the
legislative, executive and judicial branches of government. But, we,
the people, are the fourth branch. When the other three branches of
government fail to protect your rights, it is up to the people to do
the job right. The Declaration of Independence puts that duty
squarely on the people.
Another amazing thing is that of the twelve jurors in your group, a
unanimous verdict is not required. It only takes one of the twelve
jurors to disagree with the prosecution, and it is enough to have a
hung jury. It takes a unanimous jury to convict your fellow citizen.
If you do not agree with the charges, the prosecutions theory, the
evidence presented, and most importantly, if you do not agree with
the law that created the criminal brought before you, you have the
right to veto and not convict.
That means that your one vote to acquit has more weight than the
other eleven votes to convict. The founders gave us this gift, in
the form of a constitutional republic. They did ordain, for
themselves and their posterity (us and our children) the
Constitution of the USA.
The constitution only works when we apply it. It is the right and
duty of every citizen to ensure that our constitutional republic
survives for the next generation.
It is up to us to judge the laws of this land. You never know when
that same law will be used against you.
It's your legislature. They work for you to keep government from
using it's powers unlawfully against you and your fellow citizens.
It's your executive branch. They work for you. The President or
Governor MUST veto all bills brought before him that are not
compliant with the US Constitution. All other officers and employees
of the executive branch, appointed or elected, may only obey
constitutional laws and not enforce other than constitutional laws.
That is in their oath of office.
It's your judiciary. They work for you. They hear cases brought
before them by either another citizen or by the government. It is
the job of the judiciary to hear the case before them, apply the
constitution, not case law, and rule guilty or not-guilty.
If each branch strikes out and allow laws to infringe on your rights
to life, liberty, property, prosperity or pursuit of happiness, the
common citizen must reclaim their rights. The longer we wait, and
the more rights we give up the harder it will be to get them back.
When our public servants fail to secure your safety against
government abuse, they have not done their job and it is up to us to
ensure that the job gets done. We must ever guard, for us and our
posterity, our Constitutional Republic. We must be constantly
vigilant against our very own government. We owe the founders and
our posterity this time of guard duty.
One last tip: It is your duty not to reveal to the courts which way
you will vote. The Courts will dismiss you if they think you will
rule independently of the courts desire and your power will be lost.
If you think the law is unconstitutional, just shut your mouth and
vote your conscience.
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Links of interest
 Jurist
Legal News and Research
FIJA
Fully Informed Jury Association
JurorsRule.com
THE
RIGHT OF JURIES TO JUDGE OF THE JUSTICE OF LAWS
JURY HANDBOOK
JuryRights.com
The American Jury Bulwark of Democracy
JURY'S Rights, Powers and Duties
Trial by Jury and the Bill of Rights
Grand Jury Witnesses and the Fifth Amendment
Jury
Rights!
Jury Nullification
By Curt Chancler - Jeanne Wollman
December 6, 2004
Fully Informed Juries
by Fred E. Foldvary, Senior Editor
The Progress Report
JURY DUTY
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