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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I tried to make clear, I am not advocating doing away with the jury system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just pay for it like government pays for everything else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the current system is, people are bartering for their right to a jury trial by offering services in kind.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">This idea that we need a draft to get people to perform jury duty is nonsense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a trial by jury is a collective right, then let the collective pay the fair cost of calling their brethren to jury duty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The burden of jury duty varies from on district to another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And many people are excused according to some nonsensical legal privilege.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">This leaves a reduced pool of jurors compared to the trial needs of society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when these needs are the highest, the terms of jury duty are often the most stringent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result is that people serving in these circumstances are carrying the weight of far more than just their fair allotment. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fix that part. </span></span></span></p>
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