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To: traditional1
Juries are made up today of people who could care less about what the Law says

Like it or not, that's as it should be.

JOHN JAY (1794): The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.
13 posted on 10/06/2011 3:48:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (MLB Playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2786167/posts)
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To: cripplecreek
"Juries are made up today of people who could care less about what the Law says"

"Like it or not, that's as it should be.

LOL

Have you been on Jury Duty lately?

My experience clearly showed that the bias in favor of like-skinned defendants, the bias AGAINST any Corporate defendent, and the bias in favor of female defendants CLEARLY SHOWED that disregard of facts, disregard of the Law, and disregard for Common Sense permeate today's Juries.

There is NO WAY that which John Jay said in defense of common sense can be mis-constured to include today's practices. His remarks were at a time when honesty, citizenship, family, God, and trust were words that people lived by.

I don't care which way it's parsed; common sense is gone in today's society of Progressives.

17 posted on 10/06/2011 3:53:10 PM PDT by traditional1 ("Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: cripplecreek

JOHN JAY (1794): The jury has a right to judge both the law as well as the fact in controversy.

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This is why trial by jury is so important.

Thank you.


40 posted on 10/06/2011 5:05:20 PM PDT by ROTB (Christian sin breeds enemies for the USA. If you're a Christian, stop sinning, and spread the Word..)
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