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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 4h

FIJA stands with the #jurynulification activists of Defend Our Juries who've faced repression in the UK for basic free speech

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The Fight for Free Speech Around Jury Nullification

From the US to the UK, activists with both the Fully Informed Jury Association and Defend Our Juries have routinely faced repression for clearly protected free speech

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 1d

#jurynullification has a long history

Judge Kane in Pennsylvania so despaired of getting juries to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, he connived to enforce it by directly imprisoning anyone refusing to testify on the whereabouts of escaped slaves for contempt of court.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 2d

Tyranny stops when people decide to stop it. #jurynullification

Practically speaking, no government knows any limits to its power, except the endurance of the people.

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Mike Fox @foxmike90.bsky.social · 6d

Yet another piece on the role of juries:

www.ocregister.com/2025/10/02/r...

Rejecting injustice: The jury’s role in a politicized justice system

The acquittal of Brayan Ramos-Brito should be seen as a victory for all who believe in the enduring power of the jury as the ultimate safeguard of our liberties.

www.ocregister.com

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 6d

The right of jurors to vote to acquit for reasons of conscience is baked into the entire jury system. Jurors who cannot also judge the law cannot be free to judge the facts. #jurynullification

in criminal cases, the law and fact being always blended, the jury, for reasons of a political and peculiar nature, for the security of life and liberty, are intrusted with the power of deciding both law and fact.

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 11d

If I were very rich and wanted to use my money to protect American liberties, I'd build on the grand jury momentum we're seeing by taking out ads everywhere I could to educate Americans about jury nullification so every juror going forward knows it's an option.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11d

New on MSNBC: According to the court transcript, only 14 of the 23 grand jurors voted in favor of indicting James Comey on the two counts that went forward.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 9d

As Trump turns DOJ into a mob tool against critics, experts point to jury nullification as a last defense. Citizens can refuse to indict or convict, rejecting his mafia-style prosecutions and denying legitimacy to his authoritarian abuse.

'We do not accept': Expert shares roadmap to block Trump’s 'mafia-style' use of DOJ

As the Justice Department continues its targeting of President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies, most recently with the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, one author and journalist is highlighting a potential tool in the United States’ justice system that could act as a last-mi...

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

but the case went to trial on the misdemeanor jury tampering charge. After a trial involving several defects, Wood was convicted by a jury of misdemeanor jury tampering, even though no jurors were seated and no jury trial took place on the day he was pamphleting.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

He was originally held on $150,000 bond, and was released after paying $15,000 by credit card. The bond was later cancelled and the $15,000 returned to him (leaving him responsible for several months of interest charges). The obstruction of justice charge was dismissed by a judge

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

Two days before Thanksgiving in 2016, Keith Wood was arrested and charged with felony obstruction of justice and misdemeanor jury tampering for sharing FIJA’s Your Jury Rights: True or False? brochure on the public sidewalk adjacent to the Mecosta County Courthouse in Michigan.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

A judge in the courthouse issued an order restricting First Amendment activity in key areas of the grounds outside the courthouse, including peacefully sharing FIJA brochures.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

Mark Iannicelli and Eric Brandt were arrested and each charged with seven counts each of felony jury tampering for sharing FIJA’s brochures in the public area outside of the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver, CO. The charges were all dismissed by the court.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

James Babb and company were harassed several times at the Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with lies. For instance, they were told to leave because of an anti-soliciting ordinance, which turned out not to apply since no financial transaction was involved.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

The individual at the time happened to be serving as a juror on a trial, which ultimately resulted in acquittal. Lamb was prosecuted for jury tampering and demanded his right to trial by jury. His jury acquitted him.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

In the midst of his campaign for Greene County Sheriff, Luke Lamb was prosecuted for sharing a link to fija.org and making other comments on jury nullification on Facebook in response to inquiry from a friend.

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FIJA is the premier educational organization dedicated to fully informing everyone of jurors' right of jury nullification.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

But then later that marshal claimed that no matter where she was handing them out, if a juror came into possession of one, she would be guilty of jury tampering.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

In September 2012 Kirsten Tynan was threatened with arrest for handing out FIJA literature. She asked where she might hand out brochures. First the marshal told her she could hand them out at the library several blocks down the street...

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

Yet Mark was arrested and charged with contempt for violating both orders. Schmidter was not permitted a trial by jury. Instead, he was tried by the judge whose orders he was alleged to have violated, found guilty, and sentenced to several months in jail with additional fines.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

He later followed up with another order defining an obscure “free speech” zone. These orders were not uniformly enforced.

Mark Schmidter, who had been handing out pamphlets periodically over the course of nearly a year, was not doing anything related to the Casey Anthony trial.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

During a long-term FIJA general education campaign in Florida in 2011, the high-profile trial of Casey Anthony began. As a result, Judge Belvin Perry issued an onerous anti-free speech order prohibiting our pamphleteering at the Orange-Osceola County Courthouse.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

Heicklen refused to discuss any case in progress, but arrested and charged with jury tampering. Heicklen eventually managed to challenge the indictment successfully, but the legal harassment nevertheless cost him.

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

In November of 2010 while Julian Heicklen was sharing FIJA brochures outside the Southern District Court of New York, an undercover FBI agent came out posing as a juror to engage Heicklen in conversation. The agent attempted to entrap Heicklen by talking about current court cases

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 7d

#JuryNullification is a basic right of jurors, baked into the foundation of our system of trial by jury.

But the fight to educate people about this right has continuously seen draconian suppressions of free speech. Here are some examples 🧵

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 8d

Visit FIJA.org for over three decades of resources on Jury Nullification

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Fully Informed Jury Association @fijanational.bsky.social · 8d

Visit FIJA.org for over three decades of resources on Jury Nullification