Sure it does. Jury Duty is THE place where my one vote counts. As long as it takes a unanimous vote to report a verdict, I am at my most powerful as a citizen NOT in a voting booth but in a jury box.

 

You're right, I am not doing any one person any favors. I am upholding the almost lost ideal of the original purpose of a jury (I would refer you to accounts of William Penn's trial in England and how a jury preserved his individual rights). I am not a "constitutionalist," and furthermore I don't know what you think that means. Sure, I will promise to listen, and I will listen, to any advice the Judge wants to offer regarding the Law, but the Law is written in English and I am a native English speaker, so I do not need any "instruction."

And where did you get the idea that I think "peace officers" (by that I assume you mean police officers) have no authority? They have exactly the authority given to them by the People---not one bit more or one bit less.

As I said, the so-called jury selection process is a violation of the ideals of the jury system, no matter who is doing the "selecting," Prosecution, Defense, or whomever.

And I am glad that peace officers are out there providing safety, service and security. That's what We The People hired them to do.

 

Rights? What rights? They did away with all those a few years ago with the Patriot act. Now they tap your phone without a warrant, break into your home with a secret warrant, throw you into a black SUV, take you to a secret court, put you into a secret prison for an undisclosed period of time, and tell everyone that knew you they'll put them in prison if they so much as mention what happened to you. And you're worried about the 2nd Amendment?

 

You make it sound like you serve jury duty every week. Unless you're on a Grand Jury, how often can you serve? Once or twice a year maybe?

 

I don't partake in terrorist activity so I'm not worried.

 

Wow this went off topic....but I was just gonna say I can only get two ounces of pot in there, anymore and I got to put the rest in the trunk

 

Since this thread went off topic (and probably should be locked), or be put into News and Politics forum, if I were called up to jury duty and (honestly, not to get out of jury duty, but out of an honest and sincerely held conviction) said that "I believe the law under which the suspect is being charged is immoral; thus, I will vote to acquit the suspect, because I believe the law to be immoral/unconstitutional, even if the suspect is guilty, since my sincerely held beliefs don't allow me to do otherwise" would I:

a) get disqualified
b) get charged with attempting to resist jury duty / be held in contempt of court
c) be allowed to serve and use that power?

I'm obviously suspecting either a) or b).

 

d) get arrested and beaten silly for using the worst run-on sentence ever uttered in a court of law.

 

CAPTAIN BONG HEAD STRIKES AGAAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

 

I plea guilty as charged.

 

I think you all have missed the true warning in this article, S drivers - they're cool, C - Drivers - they're cool too, X- Drivers -WATCHOUT!!!!!

 

Or, us RWD drivers are so hard-core, we don't need guns to protect ourselves. We'll kill you with our bare hands