Oh, great. Just great.

[Black Landlord]

How the heck was she not eliminated in the selection process?

[GGD]

Black Landlord wrote:
How the heck was she not eliminated in the selection process?

It was a jury of Ted "Series of Tubes" Steven's peers.

[mikeylikesit]

The idea that jurors should be penalized for any reason flies in the face of anything I can think of. Many people don't register to vote because they don't want to be subjected to jury duty. When the system can take a juror out of the electoral pool and subject that person to fines and jail, it only discourages participation.

[mikeylikesit]

My now dead father-in-law held the position that he was not entitled to judge another man or woman and that they would never make him do so even if he had to go to jail. He never did have to go to jail to prove his point.

He was a Reagan Democrat and we never agreed about anything, except perhaps this.

[Acer]

mikeylikesit wrote:
The idea that jurors should be penalized for any reason flies in the face of anything I can think of. Many people don't register to vote because they don't want to be subjected to jury duty. When the system can take a juror out of the electoral pool and subject that person to fines and jail, it only discourages participation.

Jury duty isn't a Tupperware party, where you serve donuts and hope people show up. It's a civic responsibility. People's lives and livelihoods are on the line. It's not pleasant, but it must be done, and it must be taken seriously. A major PITA I'll grant you, few people WANT to be put in a position to judge another, but you do what you gotta do.