A Strategy for Jury Nullification Victories in Georgia

Good on Catherine Bernard in thinking outside the box to fight for the common-man committing victim-less crimes. No one should have his life ruined for smoking pot and most reasonable people recognize such (i.e., in the USA a criminal record is basically a hex for life with, among other things, a majority of companies maintaining zero-tolerance hiring policies for applicant's with a criminal record).

The ignorant judge that punished her for legally advocating for her client's rights should be removed from the bench.

"'He [the judge] told me I couldn't say it, so of course I continued to say it,'" she told me of her references to the state constitution and the power of the jury."