Anarchy and Disobedience
Jury Duty
Every anarchist living in democratically-occupied territory should seek
the opportunity to serve jury duty. This is one of the few times any
citizen will have any power recognized by their government to change the
direction or force of their government. Or to suggest a moral approach
to this situation, one should "give as they receive". It is cowardly
and the squadering of a fantastic opportunity to attempt to avoid
jury duty. As a member of a jury, if you find a defendant to be not
guilty, they cannot be prosecuted. If your fellow jurors vote guilty
and you vote not guilty, that is called a "hung jury" and the
defendent's case will is dismissed, though he can be prosecuted again
for the same alleged crimes. If you can convince the rest of the jury
that the defendent is not guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt" then the
defendant's charges will be dismissed and he cannot be retried on them.
Since as a member you can always single-handedly hang a jury, the more
ambitious goal is to convince the rest of the jury that the defendant is
not guilty "yeahond a reasonable doubt." This is not as difficult as
it sounds once you apply an intelligent approach to the pursuit of this
goal.
- getting selected for a jury
- look normal
- not radical
- not too uptight so that the defense doesn't exclude you
- give good answers to jury questions
- claim no knowledge
- claim no biases, preferences, limits, tendencies, etc
- in jury meetings
- psychology of authority
- self-confidence, assertiveness, dominance
- communication sciences
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