Pubdate: Sat, 15 Mar 2003
Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA)
Copyright: 2003 Hearst Communications Inc.
Contact:  http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388
Author: Charles Kelly
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n382/a04.html

A JURY IS A LAW UNTO ITSELF (3 of 4)

Editor -- Judge Quentin Kopp says (in part) that jurors understand and obey 
the sworn oath which they accept before commencing their grave duties in 
every criminal and civil case.'

When the 0.J. Simpson jury violated their sworn oath by not even pretending 
to deliberate, it exposed the fact that a jury is a law unto itself. There 
is apparently no penalty for violating the oath, which means that the oath 
is meaningless and the jury is free to do as it sees fit.

CHARLES KELLY

Fairfax
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