Hi Shire Folk,
First my introduction: I'm Garry Reed and I write Libertarian News Examiner (http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-news-in-national/garry-reed) . I've been a libertarian since the early 1970s and I've been following the voluntaryist doings in NH for some time, since the early days of the FSP, and have written several articles about activities and activists over the years in support of voluntaryists and their spiritual kindred such as Pete Eyre, Ademo, Julian Heicklen and others.
For you older Shire People I even covered Sam Dodson's jailing back in 2009 (http://www.examiner.com/article/jailed-for-exercising-the-right-to-remain-silent)
Some recent and older articles are here:
http://www.examiner.com/article/war-on-cannabis-continues-as-two-activists-face-jail-time?cid=rss
http://www.examiner.com/article/rich-paul-rejects-spying-on-friends-seeks-jury-nullification
http://www.examiner.com/article/new-hampshire-becomes-new-hateshire
http://www.examiner.com/article/nh-voluntaryist-jailed-faces-21-years-for-wiretapping
I discovered the Shire Society while doing online research for some of these articles but just never got around to joining before.
Now, if I'm acceptable to one and all I'd like to get help from Rich Paul supporters for a follow-up article I'm planning about the judge who reportedly misled the jury in his trial.
I read the charge in Free Keene Facebook and the response at FIJA.org about Judge Kissinger instructing Rich Paul's jurors to "follow the law as I explain it" rather than explaining the NH jury nullification law to them.
I would like everyone's help with the following questions:
1. Has Paul or his defense made any comments about this?
2. Are there plans by Paul's defense to seek a new trial based on the judge's actions?
3. Can someone excerpt the Judge's specific words from the trial video and post the embed code where I can get it for my article?
4. Can anyone else add any facts or insight into the judge's actions?
Please let me hear from everyone soon! I'll give credit in my article (or not if you specify anonymity) in my article.
Garry Reed
Libertarian News Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-news-in-national/garry-reed
libergarryan2@aol.com
Garry,
Your post got caught in the spam filter, so sorry about the lack of response. I think all your links set it off.
Please PM me if you'd like to talk offline about Rich Paul.
Ian