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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I am killing time here while the videos play for my online Jury Orientation so that I can go in two hours later.. I plan to get off by being a Quaker, I can't cast judgment against anyone.. bastards.
jury duty would be a wonder idea if it wasn't compulsory. It is good to be judged by your peers, but if they are coerced into it there is a definite bias and conflict to justice so it is not a very good system. at the same time, if you relied strictly on volunteers then the jury pool would not be representative of the general population and therefore 'peers'
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And the people who did agree would be more likely to be people who WANT to pass judgement on a person.