Jury Duty

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

[Force is] cheaper than paying jurors their market rate for their time.

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

It’s not clear to me that force is cheaper. On the contrary, force causes friction. Dealing with people who don’t want to be there results in additional overhead that may be hidden/not reflected in numbers.

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

Well, at least this response is an honest confession of one of the (potentially) true motivations behind jury duty…