Guest e Yer Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 Jury duty summons is bad news for most people. There are exceptions. If you are a civil servant, chances are you will receive regular pay for your days you serve on jury duty. If you are unemployed or retired, it may be a welcome and stimulating change in your life. What I don't like is the way the summons is worded. It tells you to appear on a date and then sticks a gun in your face and threatens you with being the one jurors will judge should you not appear. Lately, I did get picked and served on jury duty. In my opinion, and to my surprise, there wasn't this gung ho effort on the part of the judge and prosecutor to get a guilty verdict that would put another person in a cage for the good of the prison industrial complex. During deliberations, I discovered that the other jurors were also not pressing to put another in a cage. These are positive, encouraging signs. It shows me that all involved in the court process are starting to realize that jail, prison, and the rehabilitation that follows creates more problems for society than it fixes. These are baby steps towards an anarchy society and justice, where a wrongful charge wouldn't gain any traction, and a crime isn't repaid to society by being caged for several years.
ribuck Posted December 30, 2013 Posted December 30, 2013 If you're in the US, you might be interested in the "Just Us" Jury Nullification Movement being promoted by liberty-minded folk over there.
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