From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:12:29 +0800
To: Anonymous <cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Re: Jury Duty
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Message-ID: <199812231541.HAA17483@smtp.well.com>
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If you want to vote your conscience (if it's a drug prosecution and you
don't agree with drug laws for instance), there are a few organizations
that you might want to look at. Maybe check out http://www.cato.org/ which
last I checked had an advertisement for a new book on jury nullification
etc. on their home page.

-Declan


At 08:30 AM 12-23-98 +0100, Anonymous wrote:
>In 22 years of being qualified, I am facing my first jury duty summons as
a regular employee and see no way out except to report. The old
self-employment, financial burden exemption no longer applies.
>
>Is there a good web site where I can find other legal means to recuse
myself (I live in AZ), or if I do
>decide to report and get on a trial, a web site on my rights to vote my
conscious, aka jury nullification?
>
>The other option is to just lie, it says the penalty is that of perjury
and it seems we shall
>soon have case law that perjury is no longer a crime.
>
>Not a facetious post, I have seen posts here on this before, but never
really paid attention because it didn't affect me. 
>
>If no answers, I will resort to a search engine. But I thought this letter
would get me better
>quality advice.
>
>Thanks
>