Harlan F. Stone Quote

Quote from Harlan F. Stone,

"If a juror feels that the statute involved in any criminal offence is unfair, or that it infringes upon the defendant's natural god-given unalienable or constitutional rights, then it is his duty to affirm that the offending statute is really no law at all and that the violation of it is no crime at all, for no one is bound to obey an unjust law."

By:	Harlan F. Stone (more quotes by Harlan F. Stone or books by/about Harlan F. Stone)
	12th Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
Source:	Harris v. State, 632 So. 2d 503, 543 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992), Judge Mark Montiel, dissenting.
Categories:	Conscience, Constitution, Crime, Duty, Jury, Justice, Law, Obedience, Rights
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