Pubdate: Tue, 14 Mar 2006
Source: Brandon Sun (CN MB)
Copyright: 2006, Brandon Sun
Contact:  http://www.brandonsun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2437
Author: Chuck Beyer
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

POT LAWS CAN BE MADE NULL AND VOID

Prosecutions for marijuana offenses resemble the issue of abortion in 
the last century. A law supported by only a minority of Canadians 
that criminalizes 10 per cent of the rest. The difference is this law 
is being imposed by the U.S. through cowardly Canadian politicians.

We at http://juror.ca would like to remind the public and potential 
jurors in Canada about jury nullification - a jury's power to acquit 
regardless of the law.

This power was used by multiple juries to strike down abortion laws 
in the last century and we urge jurors to use their power to acquit 
in any marijuana trial where no other offence is involved. It's now a 
matter of sovereignty and any such jurors would be true patriots.

CHUCK BEYER,

Port Alberni, B.C.
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