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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: Colorado Bar Assn. Denounces Kriho -- Denver Post LTE's
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>Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 20:56:20 -0800
>To: Jury Rights Project <jrights@darkstar.cygnus.com>
>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>Subject: Colorado Bar Assn. Denounces Kriho -- Denver Post LTE's
>Cc: David Dodge
>
>The Colorado Bar Association consists of members
>all of whom are aliens, pursuant to the original
>Thirteenth Amendment. Furthermore, they are disqualified
>from any office in America, including of course being
>an officer of any court in America, which they now claim to be,
>unlawfully.
>
>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>
>
>At 05:04 PM 3/29/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Denver Post
>>Saturday, March 29, 1997
>>Letters, Faxes, and Email
>>Page 7B
>>Feedback: letters@denverpost.com
>>
>> Juror Draws Mixed Verdict
>>
>>Kriho mocked law
>> Thus far the debate over Laura kriho's juror misconduct case
>>misses the point. It is the duty of jurors to determine all the
>>facts in the case then apply those facts to the law as it is
>>explained to them by the judge in order to reach a verdict. A
>>juror who refuses to follow the law, choosing instead to argue
>>with other jurors whether the law is correct or one she agrees
>>with, violates her juror's oath, frustrates the jury system so
>>fundamental to American justice and effectively denies the
>>parties to the lawsuit their constitutional right to a jury
>>trial.
>> The jury selection process is designed to ferret out jurors
>>who have pre-conceived biases and prejudices that will prevent
>>impartial deliberation. And it most assuredly must weed out
>>jurors so partial and biased that they intend to ignore, rather
>>than apply, the law applicable to the case.
>> The jury system won a victory with Judge Nieto's ruling.
>>
>> MILES CORTEZ, President, Colorado Bar Association
>>
>>
>>Hero to her parents
>> At least one comment in the Post's "runaway juror" editorial
>>of March 11 was true. Life certainly does not always imitate
>>art. We wish our daughter, Laura Kriho, was getting rich like
>>the law student in John Grisham's novel. Instead, she is facing
>>a long and expensive appeal process, resulting from her
>>conviction for obstruction of justice while trying to do her
>>civil duty. Regardless of her political views, Laura never
>>purposely withheld
>>any information in order to get on a jury. Would anyone look
>>forward to losing a day's pay to sit around a jury room all day,
>>waiting to be called.
>> Besides, Laura was too busy to think deep thoughts about
>>jury nullification. She has been an activist in the industrial
>>hemp movement for several years, devoting any spare time that she
>>had to this important issue. Laura is a "hero" to us, because
>>somewhere along the way she has learned to stand up for what she
>>believes in. If this decision is not reversed, will we all have
>>to demand a court-appointed lawyer before answering any
>>question in the jury room?
>>
>> RALPH and VIRGINIA KRIHO
>> Willow Springs, Ill.
>> <vbkriho@uic.edu>
>>
>>The real contempt
>> The editorial shows as much contempt for the truth as Judge
>>Henry Nieto, Judge Kenneth Barnhill and prosecutor Stanley
>>(symbolized by the 3 bronze jackasses in front of the Gilpin
>>County Courthouse) show for the U.S. Constitution. Do any of you
>>know what country this is?
>> EVAN RAVITZ
>> Boulder
>> <evan@vote.org>
>>
>>Juries should nullify
>> The jury system was created and sustained by the founding
>>fathers as part of the "checks and balances" designed to limit
>>the power accruing any one branch of government. So, if the
>>legislative branch passes laws whose enforcement doesn't fit with
>>the conscience of the public, you will find many instances of
>>jury nullification of those laws.
>> If the juries in the 1850's had been selected as today's
>>juries are, anyone who held the opinion that slavery was unjust
>>would have been excused from the jury.
>>
>> LINDA HARDESTY
>> Lafayette
>> <linh@idcomm.com>
>>
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>> Background info.: http://www.execpc.com/~doreen
>>Nine-page ruling convicting Kriho: http://eagle-access.net/index3.html
>> Donations to support Laura's appeals can be made to:
>> -- Laura Kriho Legal Defense Fund --
>> c/o Paul Grant (defense attorney)
>> Box 1272, Parker, CO 80134
>> Email: pkgrant@ix.netcom.com
>> Phone: (303) 841-9649
>>
>>
>>
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