FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Jurors are instructed to ignore the evidence and acquit the accused.
An innocent man faces charges this week of cultivation of “500 plants” (stuff, tvnz) of cannabis. The jury should be actively biased to acquit the accused no matter the evidence, thus sending a signal to parliament to speed the passage of cannabis law. Nearly 3 years after his arrest in 2015, this mans full jury trial is finally set to happen this week at the High Court in Hamilton (Monday 14 to Friday 19 May).
This is a case with no victim, no complainant, and yet he is looking at 3.5 to 5 years according to recent sentence indication. No other people are mentioned in the charges. Yes he may have been able to protect himself, but this is the country remember. The “tip off” in this case was purely the sense of smell. The aroma of cannabis is all that lead to this grow room.
A grass-roots campaign to reach all jury members in Hamilton is thus underway, please help us to get the message out, in the hopes of reaching some members of this jury!
Print this flyer to give out at court:
http://www.legalise.org.nz/pdf/jury-b...
file under '500 plants cambridge"
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Juries primary role is to protect society from unjust persecution – rare in New Zealand but relevant in this case. Since it has a conscience a jury can nullify a law that it believes is unjust.
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