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To: Jim Robinson
I must've missed the trial. Where was the jury of her peers?

Juries aren't Constitutionally required in state civil matters.

25 posted on 04/05/2005 2:33:27 PM PDT by Modernman ("I'm in favor of limited government unless it limits what I want government to do."- dirtboy)
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To: Modernman
Juries aren't Constitutionally required in state civil matters.

Juries are required in cases where the state may order death. This was one of those cases. Unless, of course, you read the 14th Amendment as only applying to criminals which would be a novel reading.

32 posted on 04/05/2005 2:37:07 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: Modernman

Since when is it constitutional for a civil trial to sentence a person to death?


40 posted on 04/05/2005 2:40:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: Modernman
"...state civil matters."

Cold dude. Kinda shifts me to your opposite side even more.

47 posted on 04/05/2005 2:42:05 PM PDT by Stentor
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