The Judicial Cartel Strikes February 25, 2011

by Will

Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

February 25, 2011

Julian Heicklen may be sent to prison for the supposed crime of informing the public of the rights and duties of jurors.

Heicklen, a 78-year-old former Penn State chemistry professor, distributes literature about jury nullification on public sidewalks in front of federal courthouses. He has been fined for distributing literature without a government-issued permit. The so-called Justice Department is now seeking to prosecute Heicklen for ?jury tampering.?

The phrase ?jury nullification? refers to the fact that jurors have full authority to judge both the facts and the law of a case. This includes the power to set aside a manifestly unjust law and set a defendant free when the ?law? he may have broken does not protect life, liberty, or property. Juries are not required to apply a judge?s instructions, which simply reflect one lawyer?s opinion.

In a free society, the administration of justice lies in the hands of the citizenry, not a government judicial cartel of the kind prepared to imprison a 78-year-old man for peacefully exercising his rights.

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

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