Missoula District Court: Jury pool in marijuana case stages ‘mutiny’

[kpete]

Source: The Missoulan

A funny thing happened on the way to a trial in Missoula County District Court last week.
Jurors – well, potential jurors – staged a revolt.

They took the law into their own hands, as it were, and made it clear they weren’t about to convict anybody for having a couple of buds of marijuana. Never mind that the defendant in question also faced a felony charge of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs.

The tiny amount of marijuana police found while searching Touray Cornell’s home on April 23 became a huge issue for some members of the jury panel.

No, they said, one after the other. No way would they convict somebody for having a 16th of an ounce.

Read more: http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_464bdc0a-0b36-11e0-a594-001cc4c03286.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Jury nullification

[montanto]

6. Very cool to see it done in this case.

[tularetom]

2. No friggin wonder this country's going broke

Some asshole prosecutor decides it's a good use of public funds to put somebody in jail for 1/16 of a goddamn ounce of weed.

That DA should be slapped silly for even bringing this case to trial.

This needs to happen more often.

[NightWatcher]

3. This is why you must do your jury duty. I only wish they waited till the trial was over

It's the last bit of power a citizen has anymore. I'm a huge proponent of juries.

[GodlessBiker]

4. yes. They should have gotten on the jury and then reached a verdict.

[PassingFair]

10. Read it again....it didn't go to trial.

Prosecutors let him plead out.

:rofl:

[GodlessBiker]

11. LOL

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. There's an idea that needs to spread.

It is the Feds pushing the marijuana laws, more than the states.

I hope everyone noticed that the Feds immediately tried to over ride Ca. decisions on medical marijuana.

[uncle ray]

7. if i understand the article correctly, he still got sentenced 21 years.

the people sure did try though.

[PassingFair]

9. ...with 19 of those suspended.

He has to get a GED when he gets out
(probably about a year).

GO JURIES!!

[One Fly]

8. Locally

Good on these people. This is one way bad laws can be negated.

There is a well defined effort in Steamboat Springs,CO and Routt county to write DUID tickets. It was the highway patrol first and now the city is doing the same. This state can not handle the fact that people can use this plant legally.

Noe the state wants to set the limit at 5 nanograms and the coppers think that's a real fine number. I bet they do and the dumb ass dims are going along with this shit.

[meow mix]

12. this is why its important to fufill ones jury duty,

especially liberals are needed on the jury, badly