Action star Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return.Maybe there's some hope for our jury system. I wonder how this can be built on, and what the nightstalkers will do to try to suck the life out of the precedent?
I wish Aaron Russo was around to see this.
Any convictions on anything at all in this (or any other tax-)case are ridiculous. I have to wonder if the jurors thought "well, we can't let him get away totally free".
ReplyDeleteYeah, Kent, that was my first thought when I saw that on the news yesterday. I've also always wondered why SOMETHING always has to be put on the dockets of ANY case when a not guilty decision is decided by our "peers."
ReplyDeleteI am wondering if this isn't the start of a 'Boston Tea Party.' This is the second guy in about 6 months that the Feds could not get convicted for IRS violations. I would love to see a whole bunch of jury nullifications on tax and/or gun issues.
ReplyDeleteIt won't be, because when they realize how objectionable their actions seem to a jury, they'll find a way to either prevent or delay a trail by jury until the prosecuted simply give in.
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ReplyDeleteOr they'll just get a corrupt judge, ala Jimm Larry Hendren, who disallows the jury to hear the defense.
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