Jury Nullification Bill

December 31, 2009 by
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On Thursday, January 7th HB1347 is to heard before the NH House Judiciary Committee.

House bill 1347 would require that “In all court proceedings the court shall instruct the jury of its inherent right to judge the law as well as the facts and to nullify any and all actions they find to be unjust.”

If you can make it to the State House to support this bill please do. If you can’t make it you could still help out by sending an email asking committee members to support this bill.

david.cote@leg.state.nh.us
phil.preston@leg.state.nh.us
franpotter@rcn.com
lwmcv@comcast.net
robert.thompson@leg.state.nh.us
nancy_elliott@elliott-controls.com
silvawards589@aol.com
phackel@comcast.net
brownenh@gmail.com
rick.watrous@leg.state.nh.us
adifruscia@aol.com
usnrnurse@msn.com
will.smith@leg.state.nh.us
grichardson@upton-hatfield.com
nixonraichelaw@yahoo.com
rh.rowe@comcast.net
meadrd@comcast.net
lawrence.perkins@leg.state.nh.us

Comments

10 Comments on Jury Nullification Bill

    2. Adam on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 1:31 pm

    This bill would be epic!

    3. Chris on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 1:45 pm

    I agree, I believe it would be the first of its kind. I cannot think of another state that requires the court to inform the jurors of the right to nullify.

    4. Ian on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 2:03 pm

    Done! Thanks for posting this, Chris.

    5. Onederbred on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 2:20 pm

    I just recently had jury duty, and I couldn’t believe how adamantly the judge kept saying that we could only base our ruling on the facts of the case. She kept flat out telling us that our opinions of the law didn’t matter. Just one more reason I can’t wait to move to NH.

    6. Chris on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 7:01 pm

    Done. Thanks for the heads up

    7. Paul on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 8:00 pm

    Done

    8. Peacemaker on Fri, 1st Jan 2010 12:56 am

    Great to see info on NH activism (outside of Keene) posted here – thanks for posting.

    9. Dan on Fri, 1st Jan 2010 2:10 am

    It would be an incredible achievement for liberty if this were to pass. Of course, since we are talking about state legislators here, I have zero faith that they will do the right thing and pass it.

    10. KDus on Sat, 2nd Jan 2010 5:58 pm

    This might be as effective as smoking in central square.

    11. theKINGofKEENE on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 7:03 am

    …gee, i wonder why little Timmy Robertson isn’t all over this bill???…too busy keeping your “kids” “shacked up”, Tim???…

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