Podcasts about Fully Informed Jury Association

Dr. Dan talks with Kirsten C. Tynan, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA). She has been educating people for more than a decade on the protective role of the jury and the full rights and authority of jurors. Her educational workplaces special focus is on jurors' right to temper the law with mercy through jury nullification to deliver just verdicts.E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 2 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 3 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 4 of 4)

Dr. Dan talks with Kirsten C. Tynan, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA). She has been educating people for more than a decade on the protective role of the jury and the full rights and authority of jurors. Her educational workplaces special focus is on jurors' right to temper the law with mercy through jury nullification to deliver just verdicts.E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 1 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 3 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 4 of 4)

Dr. Dan talks with Kirsten C. Tynan, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA). She has been educating people for more than a decade on the protective role of the jury and the full rights and authority of jurors. Her educational workplaces special focus is on jurors' right to temper the law with mercy through jury nullification to deliver just verdicts.E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 1 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 2 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 4 of 4)

Dr. Dan talks with Kirsten C. Tynan, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA). She has been educating people for more than a decade on the protective role of the jury and the full rights and authority of jurors. Her educational workplaces special focus is on jurors' right to temper the law with mercy through jury nullification to deliver just verdicts.E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 1 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 2 of 4)E151: Kirsten C. Tynan - Jury Nullification Revisited (Part 3 of 4)

Can I make a citizen's arrest? What are the implications of taking matters into your own hands? How might you defend your decision to a judge or jury? The Safety Doc welcomes the Legalman to this episode to address those questions and to delve into the Legalman's perspectives, juries, voting, political propaganda, and government overreach. ABOUT THE LEGALMAN. Legalman's website states, “Forget left v right. This is the truth about the system from a man who knows. The Quash (podcast) is hosted by a lawyer with 30 years of experience. He unmasks the absurd false narratives we've been immersed in 24/7 since birth and laughs at them. There's a reason nothing about the system ever makes any sense. You've been lied to your whole life. But that ends now. Learn more at https://the-quash.captivate.fm/   CAN I MAKE A CITIZEN'S ARREST? Per the Village of Bayside, Wisconsin website, “Wisconsin doesn't actually have a specific statute regarding citizen's arrests, but such arrests are covered by common law or judge-made law. Those laws allow citizens to make arrests under one of two conditions. The first is when a citizen has probable cause to believe that the person they are arresting has committed a felony. The second is when someone witnesses a misdemeanor and the misdemeanor is a breach of the peace. Generally, we don't advise making citizen's arrests. We do advise calling police and staying on the scene if it's safe, but safety is paramount. If someone is wielding a knife or attacking someone, he or she may just as easily attack you. Some exceptions apply, particularly when the perpetrator is going to flee. For example, if you see a child being kidnapped and can block the kidnapper's car from getting away with the child, it may be worth the risk. In addition to safety concerns, you also face legal risks when making a citizen's arrest. The Fourth Amendment restricts unreasonable searches and seizures, and you could be prosecuted for depriving someone of their constitutional rights. You could also face a civil lawsuit for false imprisonment, assault, or battery.” JURY TRIAL - THE LAST BASTION OF HOPE? In episode #43 of The Quash, the Legalman explains how the jury trial is a piece of the political structure of this country. How has the jury American trial changed over time, and what obstacles are between a citizen and impartial legal due process? What are the differences between what most people perceive as impartial justice and actual court-delivered “justice” as observed by a lawyer with 3 decades of experience? FULLY INFORMED JURY ASSOCIATION. Legalman urged people to increase their knowledge about jury trials, noting that, as an example, learning from Fully Informed Jury Association, www.fija.org might empower jurors' awareness of their right to refuse unjust law. As stated on FIJA's website, “We will be looking at numerous aspects indicative of the health or lack thereof of jury systems nationwide. We will evaluate the rules as officially spelled out, as well as their functionality in practice, of juries at the federal level, in all fifty states, and in Washington, D.C. with respect to each of these jury health indicators.” People can subscribe, at no cost, to obtain emails from FIJA centering on what's happening in and around their community.  HOBBES' LEVIATHAN. Government overreach is a theme in The Quash podcasts, and it was also depicted in Doc's book, School of Errors - Rethinking School Safety in America. Doc wrote about the Hobbes' Leviathan (1651) and the social contract. Hobbes' premise was that people functioned optimally with some basic level of a “sovereign” to facilitate order. But, Hobbes also opined that it was predictable human nature that the governed would progressively surrender their rights (and freedoms) in exchange for progressively more control from the government. Or, the people in power would be unwilling to relinquish it. “To Hobbes, people are plagued by these two forces: the desire for power and everyone else's annoying desire for power. Everyone would be all for power struggles if they could just concentrate on conniving, but watching your back is a pain in the neck (it would be centuries before Sartre sputtered that “hell is other people,” but surely this is a precursor). A few people enjoy constant drama, but most would rather be left alone if they can't have all the pie. Therefore, power tends to coalesce into a formal government because most people can't be bothered to micromanage their power relationships to everyone and everything around them—they would rather outsource that headache, thank you very much (School of Errors, 2019).” SAFETY DOC WEBSITE, BLOG & BOOKS: www.safetyphd.com. The Safety Doc Podcast is hosted & produced by David P. Perrodin, PhD. This podcast and blog post represent the opinions of David P. Perrodin and his guests to the show. This is episode 193 of The Safety Doc Podcast published on 11-11-2022. Purchase Dr. Perrodin's Books: School of Errors – Rethinking School Safety in America. www.schooloferrors.com Velocity of Information - Human Thinking During Chaotic Times. www.velocityofinformation.com

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What mass media is saying about the results of the Arizona election audit isn't surprising. What's astonishing is how little they're saying. Michael Kimmet has some of the crucial information that the press is leaving out regarding the audit. This wasn't about trying to unseat Biden, it was about finding inconsistencies, irregularities and potential manipulation in the election. For a principled take on free speech and independent thought, it's hard to beat Jon Rappoport. His essay "Dangerous Speech vs. Free Speech; mobs of ignoramuses" is one of the best things you'll read this week. Most of us have been pretending that things are okay economically for a long time. But could our situation be reaching a critical mass? Charles Hugh Smith says the market crash that nobody thinks is possible is coming. Would you rather brace for impact or be blindsided? The peaceful remedy to unjust laws is for a jury to nullify those laws when someone is being prosecuted for breaking them. Kirsten Tynan from the Fully Informed Jury Association has an excellent explanation of what jury nullification is and what it isn't. Taxing the rich is the path of least resistance for opportunistic politicians. However, as Kent McManigal notes, this practice also penalizes the productive and discourages them from creating value for others. As the global balance of power continues to shift, it's wise to keep an eye on what's happening geopolitically. Pat Buchanan zooms out to give us the details on the bigger picture. He says the eclipse of Europe has begun as power is shifting to Asia. People who don't know their history have more in common with a small child than they might realize. Both are dependent upon someone else to tell them what to think. Paul Rosenberg discovered the hidden side of history and shares what he learned about how history books are written. There's a lot of effort these days to punish and shame the non-compliant, especially when it comes to the Covid vaccine. Brandon Smith makes a strong case for red states to offer sanctuary to those businesses, military and medical personnel who will not comply. www.thebryanhydeshow.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

  The peaceful remedy to unjust laws is for a jury to nullify those laws when someone is being prosecuted for breaking them. Kirsten Tynan from the Fully Informed Jury Association has an excellent explanation of what jury nullification is and what it isn't. Taxing the rich is the path of least resistance for opportunistic politicians. However, as Kent McManigal notes, this practice also penalizes the productive and discourages them from creating value for others. As the global balance of power continues to shift, it's wise to keep an eye on what's happening geopolitically. Pat Buchanan zooms out to give us the details on the bigger picture. He says the eclipse of Europe has begun as power is shifting to Asia. People who don't know their history have more in common with a small child than they might realize. Both are dependent upon someone else to tell them what to think. Paul Rosenberg discovered the hidden side of history and shares what he learned about how history books are written. There's a lot of effort these days to punish and shame the non-compliant, especially when it comes to the Covid vaccine. Brandon Smith makes a strong case for red states to offer sanctuary to those businesses, military and medical personnel who will not comply. Sponsors: Monticello College Lifesaving Food (use the coupon code "HYDE" at checkout for a 20% discount) The Heather Turner Team at Patriot Home Mortgage Leave me a voice message with your feedback

Bob Smilie, Texas state representative for the Fully Informed Jury Association, joined me today to discuss jury nullification. My conservative friends will likely recoil at the thought of not following the law & setting guilty people free. But as more legislation comes is introduced that infringes on our natural rights to bear arms or how & where we assemble or worship, it behooves us to have neighbors who are fully informed on their rights as jurors. This nation has a long tradition of judging both the law and the defendant. It's time we returned to that tradition rather than blindly enforcing the laws of a tyrannical government. 

I start off asking Michael Boldin, of the Tenth Amendment Center, how we can use the principle of nullification to put an end to the lockdown insanity and create free societies... and we end up talking about everything from the legal foundations of nullification, how crappy most sheriffs are on constitutional rights, Freedom Cells, Vermin Supreme, and how very very important mutual aid is.I even tell the story of my grandmother's experience with her amazing care home, provided by her mutual-aid society, and how the state has worked to shut these down across the country.Michael works tirelessly for the Tenth Amendment Center.The book I mentioned is "From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State", and you can find it here.This Cato publication has some good stuff on mutual aid too, including an essay on the book above.The Fully Informed Jury Association is here.The Institute for Justice is here.You can learn more about Freedom Cells here and here.Read about the battle of Tinhorn Flats here.And of course the Vermin Supreme Institute can be found here.

Into the news and comment, and I talk with Kirsten Tynan, Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association, some good news on a jury case we dicsused FIVE YEARS ago, along with the continued fight for jury rights

Nathan Goodman is a PhD student in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. He earned his Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Utah. Nathan has worked as a research fellow for the Center for a Stateless Society, a program intern for the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University, and a summer fellow at the Fully Informed Jury Association. His research interests include defense and peace economics, Austrian economics, public choice economics, and self-governance. What would a world beyond cops look like? What is a healthy way of organizing defense in any given society? And how might theory or and actually existing examples of communities without cops, inform our hopes of living in a world without coercive authority? Nathan Goodman has spent some time researching and writing on related topics, and in this episode, we discuss these issues and more in detail. More from Nathan and the organizations he mentions: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3111065 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Ue5NBMAAAAJ&hl=en https://c4ss.org/content/author/nathan-goodman https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory http://criticalresistance.org/

This week on The Tatiana Show, we host Robert Anthony Peters, writer and director of the new award-winning short-film “Tank Man”.  This drama creates a brief back-story for the unidentified young man who blocked the paths of a column of Communist Chinese military tanks in Tiananmen Square, 1989. On this episode, Robert speaks of the massive protests that fueled the timeless image that we know as “Tank Man,” a symbol of standing up for what is right, regardless of the circumstances.  Robert clues us in on the massacre that the protests created (of which 30% of the entire Beijing population marched in the streets, and were open fired on by troops) as well as his own time spent in the city of Hong Kong. We learn of the censorship that exists today, in which the Chinese government prohibits all media and verbal communication of the events that transpired in Tiananmen Square.  “Tank Man” is nothing shy of a brilliant capture of the oppressed people of China and how they marched for the freedom of the next generation.  We are happy to have Robert enlighten us on the secret mass murder of millions that has been committed by the Chinese government in the last century, as well as the corrupt practices currently going on overseas in China, or what some call “The Sleeping Giant.”  We also made sure to cover the work he has done with the Fully Informed Jury Association Thank you to our sponsors, Vaultoro and Haven App for making this episode possible.  About the Guests: Robert Anthony Peters completed his BS at the University of Arizona in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, was a Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow in DC, and trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in NYC. A member of SAG-AFTRA, he has been acting, producing, directing, and writing professionally in theater, film, voiceover, and more for over a decade. His most recognizable film acting roles are in The Pursuit of Happiness and Steve Jobs. He writes and lectures internationally on the relationships between art, law, philosophy, and economics. He records audiobooks, is a policy advisor for the Heartland Institute, is an inaugural member of the FEE Alumni Board, and is vice chair of the board of the Fully Informed Jury Association. He also manages his family’s retail shipping store in Tucson, AZ. His film writing, directing, and producing debut, the award-winning “Tank Man,” is currently being screened at festivals and events around the world. His website is RobertAnthonyPeters.com If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to: 1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info:   TatianaMoroz.com CryptoMediaHub.com RobertAnthonyPeters.com TankMantheMovie.com Fija.org Friends and Sponsors of the Show:  GetHaven.app  Vaultoro.gold/tatiana Proof of Love *You have been listening to the Tatiana Show.  This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences.  If that’s not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on The Tatiana Show is intended as financial advice, legal advice, or really, anything other than entertainment.  Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you’re hearing to us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show, are not necessarily of the those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show. 

***  This show would be nothing without the amazing people who come to it.  Dan Sky-Horse, Vice-Chief of the Santa Rosa Creek, who is regularly presenting amazing information on Native law, culture, leadership, 500 year old models in various Tribes for our Constitution, 6500 year old calendars for what is now the U.S.A., and more.  And today, talking about how any tribal leader is only a leader so long as they have followers, in other words, the consent of the governed.  Which ties directly into the bill being written right now on Supreme Court Juries.  The notes are posted on sites below so you can find it and comment, and help me write the bill.  I talked about it in the first 30 minutes, and then Dan joined me.  In the second hour Mia started our chat with news of Facebook censoring a commercial of hers because Trump's picture was part of the product.  They asked her all kinds of intrusive questions, enough to dox her and share her info with Leftist organizations who could boycott her company, and more.  Pianki and Brian, regular callers, joined in also, so we had four of us for the second hour progressed. Stay connected by going to the "Action Radio with Greg Penglis" Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/radiolegislature/ Please share our show with friends and family at: BlogTalkRadio.com/citizenaction Check out our citizen written bills at:  www.WriteYourLaws.com On iTunes, Stitcher and Tunein - now at: Action Radio Online with Greg Penglis On Twitter at GregPenglis@ActionRadioGP

***  Supreme Court Juries!  No, they don't exist.  We have to create the legislation to make that happen.  But someone has to create something to curb the tyrranical power of the Judiciary because no one and no part of government does that.  It started with Marbury v Madison and the usurped power of Judicial Review to "interpret" the Constitution, and order anything the court or judge wants after that -- and everyone goes along with this tyranny.  Therefore, it has to end with Action Radio taking action.  That was the first 30 minutes.  The second 30 is with Kevin Derby, editor of FloridaDaily.com.  In our second hour, Pianki joined me for a discussion of his recent jury experience.  We talked about all the problems of judge instructions and orders to rule on the facts only and leave the law judgement to the judges.  That is so incredibly unconstitutional that we have to restore the original intent of the Founders that JURIES are the guardians of the Constitution, and the entity that controls government, rather than a rubber stamp for the power of the Judiciary to make all the rules, define the cases, do what they want with the laws, and order whatever they want for their own policy and legislative objectives.  Josie joined us later in the second hour, and we also started work on Pianki's microchip the illegal aliens bill. Stay connected by going to the "Action Radio with Greg Penglis" Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/radiolegislature/ Please share our show with friends and family at: BlogTalkRadio.com/citizenaction Check out our citizen written bills at:  www.WriteYourLaws.com On iTunes, Stitcher and Tunein - now at: Action Radio Online with Greg Penglis On Twitter at GregPenglis@ActionRadioGP

President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education, Lawrence W. Reed interviews Kirsten Tynan from the Fully Informed Jury Association. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

This Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 82, from March 2012. The original intent of a jury was to keep government tyranny in check. In today's legal system, jurors are rarely told that they have this power. Jason Hartman interviews legal scholar and civil liberties activist, Roger Roots, on the responsibilities of juries and the Constitutional purpose of juries. Roger explains cases of unfair advantage by the U.S. Justice Department, where jurors are often directed and instructed by judges as to what convictions they may bring against a person, without being given the opportunity to review the laws. The full function of the jury is to be a final check and balance on the government legal system. Roger also discusses violations of First Amendment rights, corrupt laws, political involvement in corporations and markets, and how the violations against our First Amendment rights squelches the voice of the people who try to expose corruption. Roger talks about his work with the Fully Informed Jury Association, where he has pushed for legislation in favor of juries being fully informed of their rights and duties and the overturning of various small laws that prevent our legal system from working as our Founding Fathers intended. Dr. Roger Roots is a nationally recognized criminologist, legal scholar and civil liberties activist. He is active in libertarian politics, and in the promotion of a freer, fairer and more just world. He is the author of more than two dozen noteworthy scholarly articles, and some of his research has been relied on by federal courts. He is an advocate for the rights of the disenfranchised, the downtrodden and the politically estranged. In recent years, Roots has focused his work and advocacy on three areas: the fully informed jury movement, the reestablishment of Fourth Amendment protections and the establishment of a fair and equal court system for all participants. Roots has has published an important article on the lopsided procedural rules of the federal court system, “Unfair Rules of Procedure: Why Does the Government Get More Time?” which appeared in The American Journal of Trial Advocacy in 2010. He has applied for two major research grants to continue and pursue this research, and he hopes to secure research funding to pursue this research in the near future. In 2011, Roots initiated a formal request to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, chair of the United States Judicial Conference, in the hopes that certain unfair advantages for the U.S. Justice Department can be removed from the Federal Rules of court procedure. This work is ongoing. Roots has argued that various filing requirement disparities in the Federal Rules of Civil, Appellate and Supreme Court Procedure give an unfair advantage to the U.S. Justice Department in civil and criminal litigation, and that this advantage is compounded over time. This advantage places the poor and minorities in an especially disadvantaged position. Roots has presented academic papers on the topic before the Law and Society Association national conference and the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology. During the 2011 Montana legislative session, Roots coauthored legislation that became House Bill 332, introduced by Representative Bob Wagner, to require Montana judges to fully inform juries of their absolute right to acquit and to determine the law in jury trials. The legislation did not get out of the House Judiciary Committee, but Roots has redrafted a proposed bill for the 2013 Legislative Session. Roots has also coauthored and sponsored a proposed constitutional amendment in Montana requiring juries in criminal trials be instructed regarding their power to review the law. On May 26, 2011, the Montana Secretary of State approved the proposed constitutional amendment (CI-107) for circulation as a ballot initiative. Dr. Roots is a member of the Board of Advisers of the Fully Informed Jury Association (www.FIJA.org), America's oldest and largest educational organization solely dedicated to informing jurors and potential jurors of their lawful heritage, purpose and powers. Roots was a featured speaker at the 2008 Libertarian Party National Convention in Denver, Colorado regarding fully informed juries. He has been interviewed by The Orlando Sentinel and other publications regarding the rights and powers of juries. In February, 2011, he addressed a packed crowd at the New York City Junto Meeting at the Great Society Library in Manhattan, along with Professor Julian Heicklen, America's foremost street advocate for fully informed juries. In recent years, Roots has studied the origins of search-and-seizure protections and has launched a long-term research project into the original intent behind the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment. In 2009, Roots published a major article on the subject, “The Originalist Case For the Fourth Amendment Exclusionary Rule,” Gonzaga Law Review, Vol. 45, pp. 1-66. The article has been the topic of academic discussions on the Volokh Conspiracy and other venues. Roots is currently engaged in research into the provenance of certain Founding-Era British books and pamphlets held in American rare book libraries. In 2010, Roots was awarded a research grant from the New York Institute of Technology to continue this research. This research focuses on the question of whether any of America's Constitutional Framers owned or had access to these pamphlets prior to the drafting and ratification of the Fourth Amendment. (The larger research question is whether pre-Framing discussions of (what became) the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule in British pamphlets were read or discussed by America's Founding Fathers. Dr. Roger Roots has also taught criminal justice and sociology classes at the college level, a pursuit he greatly enjoys. He especially enjoys teaching legal history and constitutional criminal procedure. Although he began his adult life as a high school dropout and an ex-convict, he now holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology from Montana State University—Billings, a Masters degree in Criminal Justice Science from Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, a law degree from Roger Williams University, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Roots was an honor student throughout higher education, and kept a Deans Scholarship in all three years of law school. On two occasions, he entered and won national legal writing competitions. His mentor at UNLV was the great Las Vegas gambling researcher Frederick Preston, who founded the doctoral program in Sociology at UNLV. His outside dissertation advisor was none other than Hans-Hermann Hoppe, the great libertarian economist and author of the landmark book, Democracy: The God That Failed who inherited the Murray Rothbard professorship at UNLV. As an attorney Roger Roots has worked on a variety of civil and criminal cases. He is the only lawyer in the history of the U.S. 8th Circuit to ever overturn a conviction on venue grounds. United States v. Stanko, 528 F.3d 581, 584 (8th Cir. 2008). Here is the winning brief. Roots has also worked on litigation concerning America's lost legacy of grand jury oversight, a topic he has studied and written about on numerous occasions. Roots' legal scholarship has been cited in the Harvard Law Review and the Yale Law Journal and been relied on by courts across the United States. (See, e.g., Baur v. Veneman, 352 F.3d 625 (2d Cir. 2003); United States v. Marcucci, 299 F.3d 1156, 1162 (9th Cir. 2002); United States v. Holmstrom, 246 F.Supp.2d 1101, 1110 (E.D.Wash. 2003)). Roots is an infrequent blogger for some of America's premier libertarian websites, including Lewrockwell.com and Nolanchart.com. He was a featured speaker at the 2002 Nevada State Libertarian Party Convention and at the 2008 National Libertarian Party Convention in Denver, Colorado. He has also spoken before the Austrian Scholars Convention of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. Dr. Roots is a founding member of the Wall of Tolerance, co-founded by Rosa Parks, whose courageous stand against authoritarian government in 1955 showed millions of others how to resist government by simply saying no.

We present different points of view about the problems and solutions surrounding prohibition and civil rights. We focus on civil-rights and YOUR freedom and liberty. Join us for “A Cup of Joe” to find out what YOU can do to help The Human Solution International accomplish our mission of ending cannabis prohibition to ensure civil and basic human rights. With jury rights day approaching on September 5th we thought we would kick start the leadup with an interview with:  Kirsten Tynan is Executive Director of the Fully Informed Jury Association. FIJA is a 501(c)(3), non-profit educational organization focusing on the traditional, protective role of the jury in our legal system. FIJA seeks to preserve the full function of the jury as the final arbiter in our courts of law by informing everyone about their rights and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors, including the right of conscientious acquittal by jury nullification.

This week:  Join us as Kirsten from FIJA breaks down jury nullification for us. Kirsten Tynan  is executive director of the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA). FIJA is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, nonpartisan, educational organization dedicated to preserving the full, protective function of the jury. This includes the right and duty to conscientiously acquit by jury nullification when a just verdict requires it, by voting Not Guilty, even if jurors believe the law has technically been broken. thank you! Please join us Wednesday night 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PST on Coffee Party Radio  

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On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to Nicole Porter, director of advocacy for the Sentencing Project, about prison sentencing, racial disparities, slave labor and other aspects of the US prison-industrial complex. Abby then talks to Kirsten Tynan, the national coordinator for the Fully Informed Jury Association, about the concept of jury nullification, the incarceration of peace activist Mark Schmidter and the importance of jurors knowing their rights. BTS wraps up the show with a look at a number of cases where law enforcement entrapped everyday people, and how undercover operations are becoming more pervasive in the expanding police state.    Breaking The Set 3-2-13