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 Join FIJA for These Upcoming Events Online!

Dear John,

You are warmly invited and to join us for any or all of these upcoming events in June. They are all FREE and open to the public, so please also take a moment to pass this email along to friends and family who might be interested!

What Can Jurors Learn from Tank Man?
Friday, 4 June 2021
12:30 pm Eastern / 11:30 am Centra10:30 am Mountain / 9:30 am Pacific

On the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, join us for a short film screening (14 minutes) and discussion with FIJA Vice Chairman and Tank Man writer and director Robert Anthony Peters.

Two years ago, Robert debuted this film commemorating an unforgettable moment from the historic Tiananmen Square protest. Inspired by the iconic image of an unnamed man, dubbed with the moniker "Tank Man", single-handedly blocking a line of Chinese army tanks, Robert's film is a dramatic imagination of what could have happened earlier in that man's day that led up to that moment.

After watching this 14-minute film together, we'll discuss with Robert developments in the criminal legal systems in China (including recent developments in Hong Kong) and the United States in the last couple of years and what jurors here in the United States and around the world can learn from Tank Man's example.

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Justice before the Law: A Conversation with Professor Michael Huemer
Friday, 4 June 2021
12:30 pm Eastern / 11:30 am Centra10:30 am Mountain / 9:30 am Pacific

Join us for this special Magna Carta Day seminar!

Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado and author of the book entitled "Justice before the Law", due to be released this summer. In this book, Professor Huemer explores the largest injustices in the legal system and what can be done about them. Besides proposing institutional reforms, he argues that prosecutors, judges, lawyers, and jury members ought to place justice before the law—for example, by refusing to enforce unjust laws or impose unjust sentences.

In addition to covering jury nullification in this new book, he has also covered the subject in a previous book entitled The Problem with Political Authority, a paper entitled "The Duty to Disregard the Law," and "A Defense of Jury Nullification” in The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy. We will discuss with Professor Huemer the purpose of the law, the role of juries in the legal system, philosophical arguments for and against jury nullification, sticky issues for conscientious jurors such as getting through jury selection, dealing with oaths, and more.

Those of us who support jury nullification in general but struggle with the ethical details of when and how to engage in it will find much value in this discussion. Those of us who feel totally prepared for jury duty but seek to persuade our communities—in the face of outright lies being told by judges, prosecutors, and other government apologists—can learn much to help us more successfully create fully informed jurors ready to do justice when called to serve.

Register for Justice before the Law ([link removed])

15 Minutes with FIJA
Every Monday evening in June
8:30 pm Eastern / 7:30 pm Central
6:30 pm Mountain / 5:30 pm Pacific

These short meetings, held most Mondays throuhgout the year, feature a quick 15-minute presentation from FIJA:

to update you on recent jury-related news such as the status of trial by jury during the pandemic, court cases related to jury rights, legislation regarding trial by jury, etc., and

highlight one FIJA project, resource, activity, etc.

We start on time, pack that 15 minutes with information, and then you can be on your way. Optionally, you can stick around for another 15 minutes for a quick Q&A session afterward. Most sessions last about 20 minutes including Q&A.

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For Liberty, Justice, and Peace in Our Lifetimes,

Executive Director
Fully Informed Jury Association





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