PROPOSED JURY RIGHTS AMENDMENTS

               

     1.  Requiring that judges instruct criminal trial juries  on 
their right of nullification of law, or jury veto power (FIJA).



     2.  Affirming that civil trial jurors retain the traditional 
power  of jury nullification, and requiring that they be so  told 
by  the  court in all civil trials or proceedings  in  which  the 
government  or  any  agent of the government is a  party  to  the 
trial, and in which the equivalent amount in dispute exceeds  the 
value  of one troy ounce of 24k gold.  This necessarily  includes 
tax  cases and eminent domain proceedings.  In any civil  action, 
trial  by  common law jury is mandatory upon  request  by  either 
party, judgment is final, and the verdict must be unanimous.



     3.   Mandating  that  in all criminal trials  in  which  the 
potential fine exceeds the equivalent value of one troy ounce  of 
24K gold or in which a jail sentence in excess of 1 (one) day  is 
possible, a twelve-person jury must be seated if so requested  by 
the  defendant.  A verdict of "guilty" must be unanimous,  and  a 
verdict of "not guilty" is final, and may not be appealed.                  



     4.  Barring the court from granting Motions in Limine.



     5. Requiring jury selection be from a pool consisting of the 
entire adult population of the judicial district within which the 
crime or civil offense occurred, and randomized via the impartial 
public operation of a "keno machine" device, until twelve persons 
so selected agree to serve.



    Bases for disqualification of a juror are limited to  finding 
that  he or she has any kind of personal stake in the outcome  of 
the  trial.   The government and its agents are granted  no  pre-
emptory  challenges, and no challenges based on cause, except  as 
above.          



     6.   Permitting jurors  to consider any evidence they  wish, 
except evidence obtained illegally (i.e., unconstitutionally)  or 
under duress, and recognizing the right of the defense to present 
to  the  jury  any and all evidence  and  testimony  which  might 
exonerate the defendant.



     7.  Recognizing  the right of jurors to take  notes  in  the 
courtroom,  to  ask and receive answers to questions  during  the 
trial,  and to take reference materials with them into  the  jury 
room,  including the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of  Rights,  and 
jury nullification instructions. 


     8.  Acknowledging that petit juries may insist that they  be 
provided independent counsel in the jury room, at court  expense, 
to answer jurors' legal questions from a neutral point of view.              



     9.  Ensuring that grand juries are fully informed  of  their 
traditional right to judge the law as well as the facts, thus  to  
refuse  to  indict  a defendant if the law seems to  them  to  be 
unjust, unconstitutional, or misapplied.  Grand juries must  also 
be informed of their right to to dismiss the state's  prosecuting 
attorney and appoint independent counsel.



     A  grand jury must convene whenever the number  of  citizens 
petitioning  for  it  reaches (one?) percent  of  the  registered 
voters  in a given judicial district.  Grand juries  so  convened 
may  indict any agent of government, or any other  individual  or 
entity.



     10.  Providing  that during the process of  jury  selection, 
jurors may refuse to answer questions which they believe  violate 
their  right to privacy, without prejudice;  also providing  that 
the  court  respect that privacy throughout the  proceedings,  as 
necessary to protect jurors from intimidation.

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     This  is a Draft Bill, which combines ideas  contributed  by 
people from around the country with some of our own.  Come to the 
"Bill  of Jury Rights Conference" and help ensure that the  final 
version  is as good as it can be!