Laura Kriho was a juror in Gilpin County, Colorado, who voted to acquit a defendant in a drug case. In retaliation, the judge in that case charged her with contempt of court, for violating the instructions of the judge and failing to disclose her knowledge of the power of jurors to judge the law in a case, even though she had not been asked about that in voir dire. She was found guilty, and fined $1200. The case is a landmark one, and it is on appeal. We offer some material on the case, in reverse chronological order.

• Reversal of Conviction Sought in Juror Case — Press release, September 15, 1997.
• "Passing on well-hidden information", by Laura Kriho, a guest editorial in the Rocky Mountain News, September 15, 1997.
• "Juries are the citizen's last line of defense", by Laura Kriho, a letter in the Boulder Daily Camera, September 13, 1997.
• ABC Nightline on Jury Nullification, August 26, 1997, with Laura Kriho as guest

Jury Rights Project (jrights@eagle-access.net)
Background information: http://www.fija.org

Also see Trial Jury Reform

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