Jury Duty

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Dennis HackethalOP​·​#3330

Who would subject themselves to that [gruesome] experience [of being a juror] voluntarily? The difficulty of finding volunteers alone means that jury duty must be mandatory. And if it were voluntary, it wouldn’t be fair for those who did serve.

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Dennis HackethalOP​·​#3331
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The difficulty of finding volunteers alone means that jury duty must be mandatory.

Not necessarily. It might just mean that courts suck at persuading people to be jurors.

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Dennis HackethalOP​·​#3382

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