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"trebor@sirius.com.no.more" <user@example.com> wrote in message
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> don@manx.misty.com (Don Klipstein) wrote:
>
> >In article <3d5702f8.1168173@news.supernews.com>, blazer wrote in
part:
> >>
> >>Judging by those I've known who have done jury duty, I don't think
> >>people object to spending time on a jury. What they object to is
the
> >>utter lack of respect the system shows for those selected for jury
> >>duty. As one co-worker told me after being forcefully sequestered
and
> >>pushed around by the system for a few weeks, criminals have more
> >>rights than jurors.
> >
> >  Are you supporting such a viewpoint with a sample size of one
data
> >point?
>
> The lack of respect the system shows for potential jurors is both
common
> knowledge and the main reason why people avoid it if they can. It's
not
> the serving as a juror, it's what you have to put up with before you
> even get to the courtroom.
>

Actually, sometimes what happens inside the courtroom is worse.
During a recent murder trial that I was on the jury for, the accused
did not dispute he pulled the trigger (6 times), but that it was in
self defense.

It was already an accepted fact (according to the instructions from
the judge) on both sides that the defendant did indeed pull the
trigger. The prosecutor then proceeded to take 3 days and multiple
witnesses to prove that the defendant was the man who pulled the
trigger.  We did not openly discuss the matter, but it was easy to
tell what we were all thinking......the man took 20% of the length of
a trial to prove a point that was not disputed.  The defense attorney
asked very few questions, and waived his cross examination for many
witnesses on that point.


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