Jury Duty

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Dennis HackethalOP, 16 days ago·#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, 16 days ago·#3332
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… if it were voluntary, it wouldn’t be fair for those who did serve.

By that ‘logic’, we never could have abolished slavery. What a stupid argument.

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Dennis HackethalOP, 6 days ago·#3380

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