Lew, the judge who committed that atrocity was a Nixon appointee. Nixon committed how many felonies and had how many people killed and walked.
Let this be a lesson to jurors. The feds routinely throw a multi-count indictment at you, knowing that even if the jury wants to give you a break, they will find you guilty on a few minor charges and assume you will walk. Wrong!
As I pointed out in my Mises paper (PDF) on jury nullification, it’s illegal to tell the jury what the sentence is for the charges, even though they elected the jokers who specified the penalties. The rule assumes that the voters have no idea what their representatives are doing (beyond fooling around with interns).
6:32 pm on April 24, 2008
