Barr vs. Root: Fully informed juries
http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/05/barr-vs-root-fully-informed-juries/
According to a long-time libertarian activist, former prosecutor Bob Barr does not support fully informed juries. The activist says Barr was confronted on the issue and did not back down.
Barr’s running mate Wayne Allyn Root, who seems to be running an independent campaign for the vice presidency, has the following to say about prosecutorial abuse and fully informed juries:
Jury Rights I support an amendment being made to the US Constitution that would eliminate the practice of ‘voir dire’ (prosecutorial jury-rigging), make jury service optional, and clearly enumerating the right of the citizen-juror to judge the law in trials, as well as whether or not the law was broken…
