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Last week, Bill Mahr’s HBO series, Real Time, featured drug policy guru and tv production savant, David Simon. Having created The Wire, one of the most nuanced and insightful television series ever, Simon has ascended to the rank of soothsayer amongst progressive political talking heads.

Too weighty to be a simple panelist, Simon was invited onto the show in a specially dedicated interview segment to discuss his take on Obama’s drug policies, amongst other things. One striking point made by Simon, was his avocation for jury nullification. Jury nullification is a mostly archaic court occurrence whereby the jury decides to acquit a defendant regardless of the evidence held against him. Simon argued that all juries should use this practice to protest the overzealous prosecution of non-violent drug crimes.

Just another instance of Simon’s forward thinking in the land of no creativity. If the legislators, magistrates, and attorneys won’t act, the people certainly should.