Well, keep in mind, the Constitution doesn't say anything about a jury of your peers, just that the jury will be made up of people in the district.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 1:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Benefits of jury duty..., new thread - forced JD > > I'm proud to serve too, but when I got called I was basically needed at > home with young kids (infants) and I was nursing, etc., so I asked to be > excused. I just can't take out that much time when my primary > responsibility is as mother. > > If I could be sure I would not be out for two weeks at a time, I would be > happy to do it. > > My problem is: I feel that often juries determine innocence or guilt based > on their biases, whether they like the people on trial, racial issues. Not > fairly, based on the evidence at hand. I don't want to wrongly convict a > person. I also don't feel that someone who grew up in a ghetto, who comes > from a broken home, or who has never gotten a higher education is my peer. > > Judith > > > > > *sigh* Am I the only one here who feels like it's my duty? > > > > No, not at all. All joking aside, I am proud to serve my country in any > > capacity in which I am called. > > > > Glad to know others present are, too. > > > > God Bless America! > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion > > > > Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training > > ColdFusion MX Master Class: > > March 31, 2003 - April 4, 2003 > > http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
