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To: southland
Juries exist as a buffer against the tyrrany of judges. In order to graduate from law school, you have to shed every ounce of common sense you have and think in a very mechanical way. And if you lift up a judge's robes, you'll almost always find a prosecutor underneath. Juries ensure that common sense manages to find its way into the courtroom.

Of course, there's the whole "one tyrant three thousand miles away versus three thousand tyrants one mile away" thing...

37 posted on 02/18/2006 3:03:32 PM PST by Gordongekko909 (I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
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To: Gordongekko909

Last time I was in a jury selection pool, the Judge made a point of telling us he would NOT tolerate a jury deciding on the validity of any law in HIS court. We were to stick with determining guilt or innocence. Or else.


38 posted on 02/18/2006 3:06:45 PM PST by null and void (When the city fades into the night, before the darkness there's a moment of light)
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To: Gordongekko909
"In order to graduate from law school, you have to shed every ounce of common sense you have and think in a very mechanical way."

It is less than that . . . and more.

98 posted on 02/18/2006 6:32:33 PM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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