If WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is tried, will a single juror exercise jury nullification to

[jody]

emphasize We the People are the ultimate law of the land?

[stray cat]

1. Maybe he can just agree to a test for stds?

[pipoman]

2. Jeez

we do all realize that this is taking place in Sweden and not the US, no? Jury nullification? Isn't this a construct of US jurisprudence?

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Sweden doesn't have trial by jury.

[TorchTheWitch]

4. tried for what?

Are you talking about the case in Sweden or some possible future trial concerning the leaked documents?

[AngryAmish]

5. No. No jury.

[Azathoth]

6. A single juror would just cause a hung jury and a mistrial n/t

[quinnox]

7. If US government gets hold of him, I expect he will be whisked off

to a secret prison and interrogated with harsh methods. Then, he will confess to whatever they want him to say by the time they get through with him. Thank god for the USA! :patriot: :sarcasm:

[MineralMan]

8. They have a different system in Sweden.

Not every country uses our judicial system, you know. No jury - no jury nullification.

[jody]

9. Mea culpa, I assumed readers would realize my question was contextual about US trials. n/t

[Occam Bandage]

10. He's an Australian citizen in Britain wanted for sexual assault in Sweden.

An American trial would require a major shift in the situation.

[jody]

11. If a US president can invade Panama, kidnap its president, prosecute him, SCOTUS agree with the

conviction and then a president imprison him, then Obama can claim the same authority and SCOTUS might agree.

[Occam Bandage]

12. I didn't say it couldn't happen. It would, however, represent a major escalation.

Obama could do all sorts of shit. It isn't particularly likely, though, and I don't think assuming that he will ought be the default case.

[Major Hogwash]

13. He'd never be allowed to go to trial.

He'd have "an accident" in his jail cell before any public trial were held.