Judge Nieto's decision to convict Laura Kriho for her jury verdict is
a blow against the very foundations of American freedom. Nieto
demonstrates his ignorance of the purpose of the jury in the American
justice system by prosecuting a juror for voting her conscience in a
drug trial.

Judge Nieto obviously wants to make it impossible for anybody to
serve on a jury that doesn't agree with his misconceived notions of
justice. After Nieto's verdict is overturned, this loony son of a bitch
should be impeached and tried for obstructing justice.

In order to carry out this tyranny, Nieto had to deny Kriho a jury
trial, which is exactly his intention in every case that comes into his
court. Nieto seeks to nullify the jury system by prejudicing the
jury-selection process so that only those who believe in guilty until
proved innocent can serve.

Nieto is intellectually bankrupt and morally corrupted. Nieto is a
traitor to the American system for trying to implement dictatorial
judicial policies similar to Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia and Maoist
China: To be accused is to be guilty; a trial is a mere formality.

I have never heard of a juror being tried except for accepting a
bribe.

R. GIVENS
Boulder