Juror From RIAA Trial Speaks

Damon Tog notes a Wired blog posting featuring quotes from a juror who took part in the recent RIAA trial. Some excerpts: "She should have settled out of court for a few thousand dollars... Spoofing? We're thinking, "Oh my God, you got to be kidding."... She lied. There was no defense. Her defense sucked... I think she thought a jury from Duluth would be naive. We're not that stupid up here. I don't know what the f**k she was thinking, to tell you the truth."

Comments

Re:the fine didn't fit the crime

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

But this penalty is waaaaay out of proportion to the crime, IMHO.

But likely well in line with the amount spent on buying off that jury. After this latest PR stunt, I'm finding it difficult to believe they were all completely ... independent peers.

Re:Tough luck

[joshv]

I am as antagonistic towards the RIAA as they come. Based on what I've read about the case, I would have found her liable. Don't care how much I hate the RIAA, the law is the law. Your job as a juror is to uphold that law, not enact your own personal little geek-vendettas.

Re:Jury nullification sounds good at first, but ..

[Anonymous Coward]

yawn, and the most famous applications of jury nullification were juries refusing to convict slaves who had escaped and thus would be forced back into slavery (AS THE LAW REQUIRED AND DEMANDED, THERE IS NO LEE-WAY HERE).

but yeah, slavery was the law, what the fuck were those assholes thinking, letting slaves go free. fucking unamerican shitholes.

newsflash you fucking sheep, sometimes unjust laws are passed, and the populace is left with the option of either convicting a person unjustly, or rebelling against the law. deal with the dissonance or stop spouting nonsense. damn i'm sad i moved to america sometimes.

THE JUSTICE SYSTEM CAN BECOME CORRUPTED, THIS WAS PREDICTED BY YOUR FOUNDERS. IT'S ASSHOLES LIKE YOU WHO LET IT HAPPEN AND EVEN ENCOURAGE SUPPORTING IT.

Re:That quote, that quote!

[Slagothor]

Please go FUCK yourself. Quit reading Slashdot and go do your FUCKING job!

Stupid is as stupid does

[threaded]

Duluth == Stupid.

See? It's stuff like this....

[John Pfeiffer]

I swear to god, it's shit like this that makes me angry it's illegal to set people on fire. Seriously. Some people are just so heinously STUPID that they need GRIEVOUS PHYSICAL HARM to befall them. ARRGH!