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"Jury Nullification". You can fight back by refusing to convict defendants who were prosecuted using immoral or illegal methods. And remember, a juror has no w

• nickodell 12y ago
  What jury? Sinnigen took a plea deal; there was no jury involved. If somebody said something incriminating via Facebook, the trial against that person wouldn't be allowed to mention prosecutorial malfeasance in an unrelated case.
• Someone1234 12y ago
  Juries have been eliminated in the US justice system. 94% of all criminal cases at the federal level are settled by a plea (as of 2001). So when will you jury nullify? Most defendants won't stand before their peers, won't face a judge beyond cursory rubber stamping, and won't get good representation (public defender funding is cut year upon year, some public defenders take on over 500 cases a year now). The US justice system is utterly broken, beyond repair. It is a revenge system (not rehabilitation), with little justice to be had except of the wealthy (who will get off scott free), overly politicized, overly money orientated (e.g. spend a year in jail unless you have $100K), and has purposely high maximum sentences to force even innocent people to take a plea (which they often do [0]). I can think of few other countries which has a criminal justice system as bad as the US, and unfortunately when I start naming them they're not really the type of states the US wants to be associated with. [0] http://www.fhsulaw.com/Legal-Articles/Plea-Bargain-Sentences-Tempt-the-Innocent-to-Plead-Guilty.shtml http://www.fhsulaw.com/Legal-Articles/Plea-Bargain-Sentences...