The Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1790 promulgates a new Constitution. Article IX, Section 7 of which states: “in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.”
[restored 10/16/2021]
Nice to see the Fully Informed Jury made it from British jurisprudence to the American legal tradition, until the bar association took over legal education; now we have to fight for Jury Rights to judge the law and the facts. –– JL
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Magna Carta, Ch. 39
ccc-2point0.com/Magna_Carta
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 2
ccc-2point0.com/unanimous_Declaration
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776, Section VLII
avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/pa08.asp
References:
“Articles,” FIJActivist, Winter/Spring 1999, 33.
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790, Article VI, Section 7
www.paconstitution.duq.edu/con90.html
Fully Informed Jury Association : Library & Resources : Library : Law and Legal Cases : State Constitution Language on Jury Nullification
fija.org/library-and-resources/library/law-and-legal-cases/state-constitution-language.html
Constitutions of the Several states
www.thegreenpapers.com/slg/constitution.phtml
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