Losing The Right to Trial By Jury - By John Wilson And The Australia First Party

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Losing the right to Trial By Jury

Article from the Australia First Party

The common law rights of Australians were recently brought to the attention of law-watchers this month when a NSW Supreme Court judge struck out an indictment brought against another NSW Supreme Court judge, regarding the allegation of denying a man the right to be tried by jury.

In July 2006 John Bauskis, a trial-by-jury advocate, wore a t-shirt that bore the words "Trial by jury is democracy" as he sat in a NSW courtroom. The court's judge alleged that wearing the t-shirt was an attempt to "intimidate the court", and ordered that it be removed. When Bauskis refused, he was removed from the courtroom and later charged with "contempt of court". In accordance with legal practice, the judge who initiated the charge of "contempt of court" was also the very same judge who decided the case, and Bauskis was sentenced to two weeks in jail [1].

Various aspects of Australia's legal system are long overdue for an overhaul, including the odious practice of judges being able to accuse citizens of "contempt of court" and to then judge their own case, wherein they become, in effect, both opponent and referee. Disturbing trends that are taking away our right to trial by a jury of peers are occurring not only in Australia but also across the world.[2] All citizens should have the right to trial by jury in all legal cases, whether in criminal or civil cases, including contempt of court matters and appeals; for it to be otherwise is anti-democratic and a denial of our rights as free people.

Having all legal cases heard before a jury of one's fellow citizens helps to ensure our fundamental rights. Trials without jury seem to be occurring more frequently, such as in the Victorian case of "The Two Dannys" (two Asian-born Christian pastors who have been charged via the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal on a complaint of "religious vilification" brought by the Islamic Council of Victoria)[3]; it is indeed ironic that anti-freedom laws targeted against the white Australian majority have been used by Muslims against Asians. Trials without jury are outrageous denials of justice, which should be opposed by all fair-minded Australians.

The right to trial by jury is one of the cornerstones of our democracy. Like so many other of our freedoms, this right is being eroded, bit by bit, so slowly that many citizens are unaware of it happening. It is time for Australians to reclaim their democracy by constitutionally instituting safeguards such as Citizens Initiated Referenda and Trial By Jury. We should settle for nothing less.

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References:

* [1] "Emails From John Wilson - Indictment Of Supreme Court Judge For Refusing Trial By Jury etc...", Alternative News Network, 12 May 2007
http://altnews.com.au/drop/node/4444

"Indicted Judge's Submission on Immunity", Tax Tyranny, 2 May 2007
http://www.taxtyranny.ca/articles.inc.php?command=show&ID=10966

"Indictment of NSW Supreme Court Judge: What the judges won't tell you", Tax Tyranny, 14 March 2007
http://www.taxtyranny.ca/articles.inc.php?command=show&ID=10878

"John Bauskis: my experience in jail", Alternative News Network, 22 September 2006
http://altnews.com.au/drop/node/1625

"Judges denying Juries", Alternative News Network, 17 September 2006
http://altnews.com.au/drop/node/1612

"Trial by jury advocates accuse judge", News.com.au, 4 August 2006
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20015786-1702,00.html

"Dr John Wilson challenges Australia's Legal System in Sydney", New South Wales, Adelaide Institute, 24 July 2006
http://www.adelaideinstitute.org/Australia/wilson.htm

"Trial by Jury - Affidavit in local court by John Wilson", WhistleBlowers Documents Exposed
http://www.wbde.org/references/TrialByJury_Affidavit.php

* [2] "Cases Keep Flowing In, but the Jury Pool Is Idle" [New York Times article, by Adam Liptak], 30 April 2007
http://www.siaccident.com/journal/2007/4/30/article-from-april-30-2007-n...

"Times: Trial by jury on verge of extinction, democracy at risk", The Raw Story, 29 April 2007
http://rawstory.com/printstory.php?story=5890

"Ex-Wildcat Stoudamire won't get a trial by jury", Tucson Citizen, 19 April 2007
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/sports/48814.php

* [3] "VCAT case - 'The Two Dannys': Catch the Fire Ministries Directions Hearing postponed, Salt Shakers, 28 March 2007
http://www.saltshakers.org.au/html/P/265/

And see:

* Rights and Wrong [Australian site researched and written by John Wilson]
http://www.rightsandwrong.com.au

* Fully Informed Jury Association [USA]
http://www.fija.org

* "Why Juries Matter", Consumer Rights Law Blog, 14 May 2007
http://ohiolemonlaw.blogspot.com/2007/05/why-jury-trials-matter.html

* "Making Up Our Minds About Juries", Management Project, 2006
http://management-project.com/jury-trials/making-up-our-minds-about-juri...

* "Trial by jury"
http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/trial_by_jury.htm

* "Jurors' Handbook: A Citizens Guide to Jury Duty"
http://www.caught.net/juror.htm

* "Jury"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juries

* "Jury nullification"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

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May 2007

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Dear Andrew,

Great job!

Well done.

I have taken the liberty to send it to my list.

Email me an application to join Australia First and I'll send that out, too.

Yours sincerely,
John Wilson.

----- Original Message -----
From: af @ australiafirst.net
To: jhwilson @ acay.com.au
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:16 PM
Subject: Losing the right to Trial By Jury (new article now online)

Hi John,
I spoke to you on the phone a few days ago.

An article re. the right to a jury trial is now online, on the Australia First website, at Losing the right to Trial By Jury http://www.australiafirst.net/2007/news200705juries.htm

Regards,
Andrew

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