Does the UN support Democracy?

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Dear Mr Parkerson,

www.FIJA.org should give you information on "jury nullification". The importance of the Right to Trial by Jury is pivotal to the fight for Truth, Justice and Freedom. Those who oppose this Right are our enemy and know that they must destroy it. The Charter of the United Nations, its International Covenant on Civil and Politicial Rights and other Declarations expound the Sovereignty of the People. If (as I fear) the recent UN's Human Rights Committee meeting in New York has rejected this Right, then the UN is controlled by bad men who have sabotaged its good intentions - the result of which is devastating to the cause of Peace. Some people have given up on the UN - but that is wrong. Its headquarters is right there in New York, USA. Your Decalaration of Independence highlights the importance of the Right to Trial by Jury and explains that the denial of this Right was grounds for the War of Independence. The American People must be informed of the duplicitous role of the UN and march on its headquarters in the same spirit and for the same reason they once fought for Liberty. No other country has the ability nor the strength to do this. By doing it, they will not only save themselves - they will be benefitting the whole world.

Yours sincerely,
John Wilson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hardy Parkerson"
To: "John Wilson"
Cc: "Judge Jim McInnis"
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Does the UN support Democracy?

Dear Mr. Wilson,

Thanks for the e-mail about your complaint filed with the U.N. You have given me a thought: that I might file one with the U.N. over the Crisis in the Crimianl "Justice" system in Louisiana, USA. But, like yours, I feel it might just give them something to talk about, but that nothing constructive would be done about what's going on. Nevertheless, keep up the good work! What little right to a jury we have in Louisiana (and the USA) is being eroded more and more as time goes by. In the U.S., in civil cases, the judge can even throw out the verdict of a jury, or increase or decrease the verdict amount; and the judge tells the jury what the law is, and the jury is required to go by that: the jury cannot make its own interpretations of the law. I do not understand what "jury nullification" is, althought I do see references to it from time to time; but probably there needs to be a "jury nullification" movement in the U.S.

Hope you will keep up the good work and stay in touch.

Sincerely,

Hardy Parkerson, Atty.

P.S.: See what you can learn about the Hon. Al Ogilvee, a Judge in Tasmania. He is the only Aussie I have ever known. I went to law school with him at Tulane University in New Orleans in the middle 1960s. He was an A-OK fellow; I liked him. Seems like since the internet came in, I once got an e-mail from him. I know he is smart, very smart. Hardy

----- Original Message ----- From: "John Wilson"
To: "John Wilson"
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 6:03 PM
Subject: Does the UN support Democracy?

Dear fellow Australians,

Last year I submitted a complaint to the UN's Human Rights Commission regarding being denied the Right to Trial by Jury (attached). In March of this year it went before the UN's Human Rights Committee in New York which was made up of delegates from 28 nations. I have not yet been informed of the outcome of that Committee and am uneasy with the evasiveness of the fellow in Geneva. The second attachment ("The Price of Liberty") is about as concise an outline of Democracy as can be squeezed onto one page. Perhaps the UN decision will come through soon but Mr. Schmidt's rejection of the fundamental principles of Democracy is not encouraging.

Yours sincerely,
John Wilson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wilson"
To: "Markus Schmidt"
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: your complaint

Dear Mr. Schmidt,

I still have not received the UN's decision but from your words I fear that my Right to trial by Jury has been rejected. I hope I am wrong to presume that because it would be ominous, indeed. It would mean that the United Nations is the ultimate fraud and that that organisation has no intention of promoting Justice, ie: "the protection of rights and the punishment of wrongs". When you say "certain categories of cases may not be subject to jury trial", are you referring to me being imprisoned with a sentence of "two years without parole"?, do you mean my family and I being dispossessed of our home?, do you mean my being defamed?, do you mean me and countless other ordinary people being defrauded by the banks?

Yours sincerely,
John Wilson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Markus Schmidt"
To: "John Wilson"
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: your complaint

the decision of the Committee should reach you shortly. As to your article, I am afraid that the UN is not in a position to "adopt" the principles you invoke as its own.

You will understand that there are many legal systems in the world, and not all of them know the institution of the "trial by jury". Where jury trials exist, certain categories of cases may not be subject to jury trial. To the best of my knowledge , this has not been characterized as a violation of due process and the right to a fair trial.

M.Schmidt

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