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In response to "I see, good point. I am off to sleep now, but I am curious what you think about a system that uses career jurors. " by James Bond (aka Igor)

It's an interesting concept, and I'm not entirely opposed to it. At all.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka reluctantcynic) Jul 8 '09, 00:30

I remember the old adage: "Remember, if you go to trial, you're dealing with twelve people too stupid to get out of jury duty."

I think there's some worth to the proposal. It would help make courts more efficient, I think. But there's the loss of civic involvement to consider. Voting and jury duty are about the only mandatory requirements of citizenry, so removing the sense of community jury duty would eliminate one of those connections.

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Last I checked, voting wasn't mandatory either. :P nm - ralph wiggum Jul 8, 00:38 1
- Aha. YSMIM! -- nm - psilotum Jul 8, 00:39

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It's an interesting concept, and I'm not entirely opposed to it. At all.

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