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To: Jim from C-Town

It is your opinion that jury did their job correctly. The only fact is that they did come to a decision, not that they did it as effectively as is required or came to the best conclusion.

I don’t get this concept some like you have here that the results of a jury are unimpeachable and can’t be criticized. This is the same as saying an elected politician cannot be criticized for their actions in office simply because the people elected them to that position. Seems counter-intuitive with the purpose of freerepublic, to be honest...that we can’t be critical of the outcome of a legal or political events. Strange.


113 posted on 07/13/2011 4:06:52 PM PDT by ilgipper ( political rhetoric is no substitute for competence (Thomas Sowell))
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To: ilgipper
Jurors are not elected officials. They are pressed into service against their will. They get paid almost nothing and are separated from their everyday lives, jobs, families and friends for weeks.

Jury duty sucks. That is why everybody wants to get out of it. It is boring, monotonous and mind numbing process. It is also one that caries a great deal of anxiety because they are taxed with a very serious duty.

You didn't sit on the jury. You didn't engage in deliberations. You watched the case at home ab=nd was tainted by analysts and court procedures not privy to the jury.

As for doing there job correctly, the fact that they where able to come to a decision on all counts is enough to prove they properly did their job. Coming to a consensus is their job.

117 posted on 07/13/2011 4:26:27 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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