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Jury Nullification Bill

Chris Muskus — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:16:11 +0000

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.

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Food Drive

Chris Muskus — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:09:23 +0000

We will be holding a food drive today during the 420 event at Central Square & also later on over at Armadillo’s Burritos.

Bring a can or more of food and help feed some hungry people!

Chris

Food Drive

Chris Muskus — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:05:40 +0000

Just a reminder to those attending Social Sunday tomorrow, we will be holding the monthly food drive. Bring along a can or two to help feed those less fortunate than us!

Hope to see you there.

Chris M.

Free Keene Food Drive: New Name, Same Cause.

Chris Muskus — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:49:49 +0000

The last Sunday of the month is quickly approaching us and you know what that means, it’s time again for the Free Keene Food Drive.

Last month we managed to collect just slightly over 300 cans & assorted food for the Community Kitchen in Keene.

Let’s see if we can break 350 cans this time around!

Join us this Sunday, at Vendetta 43 Central Square in Keene to help feed the hungry.

Chris M.

Free State Food Drive results greater than expected, again!

Chris Muskus — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:43:17 +0000

Thank you to all that contributed to the Free State Food Drive yesterday over at Vendetta. We managed to collect 197 items of food, far exceeding my goal of 150!
That brings the grand total up to 301 items of food donated to community kitchen.

You can check out some pictures here.

Come out join us on May 26^th For Social Sunday and another Free Sate Food Drive.

ChrisM.

It’s that time again !

Chris Muskus — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:35:05 +0000

The last Sunday of the month is quickly approaching us and you know what that means, it’s time for the Free State Food Drive.

Last month we managed to collect just slightly over 100 cans & assorted food for the community kitchen in Keene.
Let’s see if we can break the 150 can barrier.

Join us this Sunday, at Vendetta 43 Central Square in Keene to help feed the hungry.

Chris M.

Free State Food Drive results greater than expected !

Chris Muskus — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:57:32 +0000

Thank you to everyone who contributed to yesterdays first Free State Food Drive.
We collected over 90 items of food for the local community kitchen . That is about twice as much as I was hoping for! You can see some pictures here

I will be dropping the food off on Monday, April 6th, after the Fully Informed Jury Association outreach.

I would like to set a goal of 150+ cans of food for the next Free State Food Drive to be held on April 26^th.
Please help me make this a reality.

Chris M.

Free State Food Drive

Chris Muskus — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:28:53 +0000

When asked to describe a good anarchist, Karl Hess said, “Good neighbor, good lover, good friend.” If Free Staters could regularly display those qualities to the inhabitants of our chosen home, it would go a long way to dispel the image of wild-eyed bomb-throwing conspirators that some probably have.

With that in mind, I’d like to suggest making the first Monday of each month a special Good Neighbor Day. In addition to the FIJA pamphleteering at the courthouse, there are a variety of possible activities, from cruising Main Street with Robin Hood and her Merry Meter-Feeding Men, to volunteering at local charities. And if everyone participating wore a clearly marked Free State Project T-shirt, baseball cap, badge, button, lapel pin, hey, tattoos if you’re so inclined, it could make for quite a publicity coup.

To start things off, I’ll be collecting canned goods at the last Social Sunday of the month, and will drop them off at the Community Kitchen on the following month’s first Monday. And if you can’t make it to Vendetta, I’ll gladly come pick up a load if you just call me to schedule.

Chris Muskus
603-313-8633
Drop off 4 – 6 P.M. the last Sunday of each month at
Vendetta
43 Central Square in Keene

First Monthly Fully Informed Jury Outreach

Chris Muskus — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:59:38 +0000

Yesterday marked the beginning of what I hope becomes a monthly reoccurring event: Keene FIJA Outreach.

In the morning, four area activist and myself, gathered in front of the Cheshire County Court house in Keene to hand out Fully Informed Jury fliers to people entering the court house. The reception seemed quite positive in general. We managed to hand out a total of 51 fliers. Hopefully a majority of them got into the hands of potential jurors. We did manage to get the attention of two Sherifs that seemed annoyed at what we were doing. See the video here from Nick.

The intent of handing out the fliers was not to give prospective jurors “a way out of jury duty”. Instead, I would like to have all people be aware of the rights that they have should they be chosen to be a juror. How many people do you know realize that they can also judge the law?

Coincidentally, yesterday was the anniversary of the John Peter Zenger trial. One of the first precedents set on jury nullification.

If you would like to know more information about the Fully Informed Jury Association, please visit their web site at www.FIJA.org

Chris