Whitney
Regular Member
It may be too soon with lots of aggravation to go around but wanted to suggest some food for thought going forward.
Once a law it is unlikely 594 will be overturned and as previously suggested the best way to get rid of it is enforcement. This is a double edged sword if law enforcement does not subscribe to the law. The legislature can not touch this for two years without a 2/3 vote, so that provides some time to get them "educated"
The jury box is more likely to have the desired effect but it requires individuals to engage in the judical process and subsequently use jury nullification to change the law. Two page brief attached regarding victimless crimes or "political crimes".
<Snippet from FIJA.org>
If you are called for Jury Duty
Don't worry! Be happy! Look at jury service as an opportunity to "do good" for yourself and others. It's your chance to help the justice system deliver justice, which is absolutely essential to a free society.
Also, you can do more "political good" as a juror than in practically any other way as a citizen: your vote on the verdict is also a measure of public opinion on the law itself--an opinion which our lawmakers are likely to take seriously. Short of being elected to office yourself, you may never otherwise have a more powerful impact on the rules we live by than you will as a trial juror.
~Whitney
Once a law it is unlikely 594 will be overturned and as previously suggested the best way to get rid of it is enforcement. This is a double edged sword if law enforcement does not subscribe to the law. The legislature can not touch this for two years without a 2/3 vote, so that provides some time to get them "educated"
The jury box is more likely to have the desired effect but it requires individuals to engage in the judical process and subsequently use jury nullification to change the law. Two page brief attached regarding victimless crimes or "political crimes".
<Snippet from FIJA.org>
If you are called for Jury Duty
Don't worry! Be happy! Look at jury service as an opportunity to "do good" for yourself and others. It's your chance to help the justice system deliver justice, which is absolutely essential to a free society.
Also, you can do more "political good" as a juror than in practically any other way as a citizen: your vote on the verdict is also a measure of public opinion on the law itself--an opinion which our lawmakers are likely to take seriously. Short of being elected to office yourself, you may never otherwise have a more powerful impact on the rules we live by than you will as a trial juror.
~Whitney