LARRY DODGE, PH.D.
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Larry Dodge, Ph.D.
History of FIJA
The issue of restoration of our heritage of jury nullification--the right of the jury to judge the validity and morality of the law as well as the facts under which a defendant is being tried--was raised as early as the 1979 Montana Libertarian Party convention.
In the interests of personal liberty, Larry Dodge, former Chair of the Montana Libertarian party, decided to educate the American people of this available but unused right. He also conceived of the Fully Informed Jury Association/Act/ Amendment (FIJA). After assessing interest in the concept during the summer of 1989, Dodge led discussions about FIJA at the National Libertarian Party convention in Philadelphia in 1989. Forty-four people attended. Later that summer, Larry Dodge and Don Doig organized FIJA National.
