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To: Rb ver. 2.0
IMO, Federal trails for nationally elected officials serving in DC should have juries composed of people from across the country, not DC proper.

Agree. And none either employed by or financially dependent on government money. (That BTW would eliminate nearly everyone within the DC Beltway and for some distance beyond.)

22 posted on 03/07/2007 7:54:16 AM PST by Ditto
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To: Ditto

Then again, Libby wasn't an elected official. Need to clarify my prior statement to include immediate staff of nationally elected officials.


26 posted on 03/07/2007 7:56:22 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (A Muslim soldier can never be loyal to a non-Muslim commander.)
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To: Ditto

"And none either employed by or financially dependent on government money. "

Or any media company, radio/TV/Newspaper, etc. Political trials are just too volatile and emotional.


49 posted on 03/07/2007 8:48:15 AM PST by lawdude (2006: The elections we will live to die for!)
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To: Ditto

Libby was not an elected official.

Assuming your suggestion was constitutional, would you be willing to sit on a jury for a month or so in DC because no one on the government payroll was able to do so?


155 posted on 03/08/2007 3:15:28 AM PST by perez24 (Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap.)
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