Earlier this year, Carol Asher of Idaho was jailed by the judge for mentioning to another (snitch) juror that she "answered to a higher authority than the judge" and would "vote her conscience". The case is now over, the charges were dismissed, Ms. Asher is free, and she owes $16,000 in attorney costs to defend herself against charges of felony perjury that should never have been filed.

http://proliberty.com/observer/20060202.htm

There are some informed jurors. Most are not. Most believe that you have to obey the judge. You are often asked if you WILL agree to obey the judge before you are accepted for jury duty.

Quoting an article by Iloilo Marguerite Jones in the American Juror I received this week: "What struck me most significantly... was that the jurors actually did not know their rights and did not know they could not be punished for their deliberations or verdict, and the laywer one juror called didn't know the truth either. Yet the jurors should have known, and every lawyer, including all judges, should be telling them about their rights, their authority, and their immunity."
http://fija.org/index.php?page=displaytxt&id=162&refer=news

But they're not. Jurors are deliberately lied to, or lied to by omission of information or evidence. I've mentioned the dumbing down of Americans before, and this is one of the horror stories that goes along with it.