American Jury Institute/Fully Informed Jury Association: Home

American Jury Institute/Fully Informed Jury Association: Home: "As I am sure you know, the highest and best function of the jury is not, as many think, to dispense punishment to fellow citizens guilty of breaking the law, but rather to protect fellow citizens from tyrannical prosecutions and bad laws imposed by a power-hungry government.

Juries protect society from dangerous individuals and also protect individuals from dangerous government. Jurors have a duty and responsibility to render a just verdict."

Needles to say I have Jury Duty and while I think it is the most powerful thing any American can participate in I think that more people need to know that members of the jury can vote for justice and completely ignore the law. Something that unfortunately judges don't bother to tell you even if it is your constitutional right. The court thinks the juries are idiots to be fed pablum and to act how they are told and as you can see reading these sights that was not what our original founders had in mind at all. So Be happy you get jury duty and if the case is over a silly law find the defendent innocent. It can be fun