Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

August 14, 2012

Earlier this year, the State of New Hampshire enacted a law recognizing the legitimacy of ?jury nullification? ? the power of a citizen jury to rule on both the facts of a case, and the validity of the law being applied. The conviction of Adam Mueller on spurious ?wiretapping? charges by a jury inManchester demonstrates that not even an enlightened law can compensate for incurable public ignorance.

Muller, commonly known by his nickname ?Ademo,? founded an activist group called CopBlock.org, which documents criminal abuse by police officers. Last October, a police officer named Darren Murphy was videotaped assaulting a student at a local high school. Ademo called the school and the police department for comments, which he recorded and published on his website. TheCountyProsecutor charged Ademo with violating the state?s wiretapping law, despite the fact that public officials have no legal expectation of privacy ? and Ademo had identified himself as a journalist.

After being threatened with 21 years in prison, Ademo was given a sentence of three months.

When faced with criminal oppression, Americans can resort to the soap box, the ballot box, and the jury box. As our Founders discovered, when those options fail, all that remains is the ammo box.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.