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Article #156Re: How Can I Avoid Jury Duty in Oakland?
From: Michael Dix
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 02:18
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 02:18
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Scott Helms wrote (to sharx): > I definitely agree. The problem is that your whole philosophy seems > to rest on the assumption that a person's first responsibility is to > serve the state, not to serve himself and his own family first. We have a responsibility to contribute to the state, since we and our families benefit from the state. If you think jury duty is a disproportionate imposition, work to change the law. > What's sad to me is that governments generally offer such a pittance > for payment that it has to force, at gunpoint, unwilling people to > serve on a jury. I say why not have full time, professional jurors? > A juror is much more effective if he WANTS to do the job, not when > he's forced to. Judges serve voluntarily, and there's no reason why > the same should not apply to jurors. The advantage of the current jury system is that the decisions are made by regular folks, using common sense. Full time professional jurors would soon become jaded and thus worthless. You might as well let judges decide all the cases. If you think about it, the jury system is a good idea in the same way term limits are a good idea: it keeps the hacks from staying in office decade after decade. In fact, professional jurors would be much easier to corrupt than our current random Everyman jurors. -- mjdix@sonic.net
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