Comments on: Celebrating One Year of Continuous, Successful FIJA Outreach

By: Jake Witmer

Jake Witmer — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:49:43 +0000

I realized I didn’t leave my phone number on the above comment. Sorry. This is backwards, because it shows that I didn’t really place “getting the mission accomplished” over the expense to my personal comfort. Connectivity in the freedom movement benefits us more than it benefits our enemies (they probably have our information anyway, and any strategy that relies on weakness of the enemy is a bad strategy).

Therefore, my cell is: 907-250-5503

By: Bob C.

Bob C. — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:53:07 +0000

The Grafton County Superior court Jury Rights out reach has been successfully putting information in the hands of jurors for the past several months. There are plans to continue this every month until jury nullification is common knowledge and common practice. The prosecution of “victimless crimes” is a crime.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:18:17 +0000

Manch now has FIJA.

By: Ofer Nave

Ofer Nave — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:24:09 +0000

I’ve launched a site to organize information about FIJA activism in NH:

http://fijanh.info/

I’ve posted an official launch thread and request for additional information here:

http://forum.freekeene.com/index.php?topic=1482.0

Check it out – thanks.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:33:35 +0000

Manch may have two jury selection days per month, increasing your time spent by 2 – but you have more activists, so you could divide the responsibility.

You’ll have to call the superior court and ask.

By: Ofer Nave

Ofer Nave — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:20:01 +0000

“…no one was writing about much else besides just giving Fully Informed Jury Association information to their friends, family, and co-workers.”

Holy shit. I guess it’s because I first learned about FIJA activism from you guys, but I just naturally assumed that targeting jurors at the courthouse was standard operating procedure around the country. I’m shocked that it’s not – it’s so obvious (or maybe just in hindsight).

I also thought the time requirement was much, much more than 45m/month. That’s two major preconceived notions demolished.

Good article and video.

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:45:59 +0000

Thanks for the tips Jake. You have good ideas. I’m sure if you moved to NH and led an effort, you would have many backers. Don’t worry, we will keep doing the right thing in Keene, NH.

By: Jake_Witmer

Jake_Witmer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:33:46 +0000

I thought I was alone in desiring the systematic targeting of courthouses! Excellent work!

That said, the biggest obstacle to jury nullification of “mala prohibita” is “voir dire” (prosecutorial jury rigging). I’ve found that a short speech about the importance of getting seated goes a long way. (Otherwise, judges in the court simply confiscate the fliers, and nothing is accomplished.)

Read “Surviving Voir Dire” by Clay Conrad, here:
http://www.juryduty.org/JuryDuty.htm

I also strongly recommend the ISIL Jury Nullification links, for their concise language:
http://isil.org/resources/lit/history-jury-null.html
http://isil.org/resources/lit/new-hope-fija.html
(Many people won’t support jury nullification unless they believe that it is “how the system is supposed to work”.)

You also might want to encourage those who want to get out of jury duty to do so by proclaiming that they “know they are superior in power to the judge once they are seated”. That might get the word out a little more solidly.

Also: Try to keep track of the number of times a nullification results. By examining the court record, you can tell how effective you are.

Also: Take hidden camera video of what you’re doing. Send it to the local news, once you have a good spokesman.

DO NOT Dress up like Chewbacca while performing jury rights activism. Do not call it FEEJA activism, call it “jury rights activism” (FEEJA sounds like a cult, saying the full “Fully Informed Jury Association” also sounds cultish and abnormal, but everyone agrees with “jury rights” and “due process”)

-Jake

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:27:05 +0000

I would imagine that first-time jurors are pretty nervous, less about their “rights” as jurors but rather about their *responsibilities*.

Would it be worthwhile publishing a book with the US Constitution, NH Constitution, and FIJA info?