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10 Post author: Psy-Kosh 26 October 2010 09:01PM

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Comment author: Unnamed 27 October 2010 01:29:52AM 3 points [-]

Another question is what you should say during jury selection. What if they ask your opinion about drug laws, or if you will be able to faithfully & impartially apply those laws regardless of your opinion?

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 28 October 2010 02:34:02AM -1 points [-]

Well, first question is "should I consider nullification type stuff a good idea at all?"

Second, is if I consider the answer to be yes, should I be willing to lie about it? That seems even more shaky. I'm thinking ethical injunctions here and such. (ie, "don't go lying about relevant stuff in the context of a court/justice system (at least one that is vaguely reasonably fair) "

So yeah, that's a second question.