Keith Wood gets 6 months of probation and 8 weekends in jail for distributing fliers outside Big Rapids courthouse in jury tampering case. pic.twitter.com/zLEPfEQtlp
— John Hogan (@JohnHoganWZZM) July 21, 2017
A former pastor from Michigan discovered the hard way informing people of their rights under the law as jurors doesn’t sit well with the U. S. government when a judge sentenced him Friday to eight weekends in jail, six months of probation, and fines – all for passing out pamphlets discussing jury nullification.
Keith Wood contends passing out the information is well within his constitutional rights to inform potential and selected jurors that, enshrined in the Bill of Rights lies the potent ability to find a defendant not guilty if the law in question is unjust, flawed, or otherwise untenable – even if the accused indeed technically violated.
Jury nullification thus arguably acts as citizens’ access to checks and balances: When legislators craft worthless, harmful, inequitable, or just plain ‘bad’ laws, jurors can, in essence, refuse to enforce any punitive measures – refusing to find a person guilty of breaking a law that never should have been inked into the books.
This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on JULY 26, 2017.
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