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FIJA'S 1990 "BILL OF JURY RIGHTS" CONFERENCE
America's Founders included the right of trial by common law
jury in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights both to guarantee
justice for the accused individual and to ensure that government
would forever remain the servant of the people. Today, it is
clear that the jury system has been impaired to the point that it
does not always serve justice, and few people even know that it
is supposed to have a role in constraining government!
Since all individual rights depend upon the ability to say
"no" to those who would abuse them, and the common law jury is
the only institution in our system of government by which we the
people can directly reject abusive laws, preservation of jury
rights is essential to the enjoyment of all our other rights.
That's why we want you to join us this coming November 9-11
in St. Louis, at FIJA's first-ever national event, the "Bill of
Jury Rights" Conference. The idea is for those who attend to
discuss and decide what belongs in such a bill, sign the result,
then take it home and seek to have all or part of it passed by
their respective 1991 state legislatures.
Sound exciting? We think so. And we think it also has the
potential to be an historic moment in the defense of liberty, as
people from all walks of life jointly publish what they hope will
endure forever as an airtight defense of the common law jury.
The balance of the conference will consist of workshops on how
to get our handiwork made into constitutional law, at both state
and national levels:
SUMMARY "BJR" CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 9, 10, AND 11, 1990, AT THE CLAYTON PLAZA HOLIDAY INN,
7730 BONHOMME AVENUE, ST. LOUIS/CLAYTON, MO 63105. (314) 863-0400
Friday, November 9
3:00 to 6:00 pm................................Registration
6:00 to 7:30 pm...............Cocktail reception (cash bar)
7:30 to 9:00 pm............Jerry and Darlene Span
"Uninformed Juries: A Tale of Two Victims"
9:00 on....................Informal discussion, socializing
Saturday, November 10
8:00 to 9:00 am..............Breakfast with Larry Dodge
"Welcome to the 'BJR' Conference!"
9:00 to 10:00 am.......................Godfrey Lehman
"A History of Jury Power"
10:00 am to noon...................Steve Herzberg
"Inside the Jury Room"--a PBS video
Noon to 1:30 pm...............Lunch with a panel
"Toward an Optimal Bill of Jury Rights"
1:30 pm to 6:00 pm..........panels w/floor discussion, BJR:
Item 1: Requiring instruction of juries in veto power
Item 2: Affirming jury rights in civil trials
Item 3: Mandating 12-person juries
Item 4: Barring motions _in limine_
Item 5: Requiring random selection of jurors
Item 6: Ensuring jury control over evidence
6:00 to 7:00 pm.......................socializing; cash bar
7:00 to 9:00 pm...........Banquet (speaker to be announced)
Sunday, November 11
8:00 to 9:00 am.........Breakfast (speaker to be announced)
9:00 am to noon..............panels w/floor discussion, BJR
Item 7: Guaranteeing right to question,take notes,etc.
Item 8: Acknowledging right to independent counsel
Item 9: Ensuring fully empowered grand juries
Item 10: Providing for protection of juror's privacy
Wrap-up and asignment to committees fo final wording
Noon to 1:30 pm.............Lunch (speaker to be announced)
1:30 to 2:00 pm.......Bill of Jury Rights signing ceremony!
2:00 to 4:30 pm..."How-to" workshops: lobbying,initiatives,
grassroots options, media relations, etc.
(speakers to be announced)
Also: committee meetings to finalize BJR
item language for preliminary publication
4:30 pm to departure......obtain preliminary copies of BJR;
(final version in subsequent FIJActivist)
We believe there is an urgency to this conference because of
the speed and rapaciousness with which governments at all levels
are moving to consolidate power and destroy what remains of the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights. For example, if either the
U.S. Senate or House version of the "Drug Crime and Emergency
Act" (SB 2245 or HR 4079, respectively) becomes law, America will
immediately become a police state, complete with concentration
camps.
Don't miss this unique chance to make a real difference! You
can even start now, by sending us comments on the "draft bill" we
have printed below. If we get your ideas right away, we may be
able to incorporate some of them in the "semi-final" draft with
which we'll open the conference, while subsequent comments may
be considered on the floor--especially if you "bring 'em with you
when you come"!
SEE YOU IN ST. LOUIS???