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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mscramer@armstrong.com)
Tue Oct 23 13:33:13 2001

From: mscramer@armstrong.com
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 13:31:35 -0400 (EDT)
To: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
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On 19 Oct 2001, Paul Vixie wrote:

> Somewhere along with the power to vote particular politicians in or out
> must come some respect for the laws those people create, even the ones we
> don't think are perfect.

If the jury feels the law is unjust, we recognize the
undisputed power of the jury to acquit, even if its
verdict is contrary to the law as given by a judge,
and contrary to the evidence.
     -4th Circuit Court of Appeals, US v. Moylan, 1969

Even the courts say we shouldn't respect laws we feel are unjust.  For
more information see the Fully Informed Jury Association at
http://www.fija.org


Matt

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