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Jurors are not required to check their consciences at the courthouse door, said Kirsten Tynan,
executive director of the Fully Informed Jury Association. But they wont hear this once they
are inside. In fact, a prospective juror who does not agree to abandon their conscience and
uphold laws they find unjust or unjustly applied will almost certainly be excluded from the jury.
In 2011, 86% of federal prisoners -- hundreds of thousands of mostly minority Americans -were in a cage due to victimless crimes, said George Donnelly of the Jury Rights Project. It is
the urgent call of our times to stop ruining good peoples lives over victimless crimes such as
drug offenses. And we can do it using the rights we already have, in the more than 800-year-old
institution of the jury box.
Many of us were inspired by former Penn State professor Dr. Julian Heicklen, who has travelled
the nation to inform potential jurors of their right to nullify bad laws. We want to build on his
work, said Babb. Court employees at 500 Pearl Street were particularly violent and cruel to Dr.
Heicklen. I am eager to return and make a difference in this hellish vacuum of justice.
Activists aim to run the campaign during at least the month of January and are seeking donors
and volunteers to assist in continuing the effort indefinitely via a crowdfunding campaign at
Indiegogo.com.
More Information
Main website: JuryRightsProject.com/NYC
Crowdfunding campaign: igg.me/at/NYCJuryRights2015
Online educational effort: www.JRP.io
Full Informed Jury Association: FIJA.org