At 11:11 PM -0700 9/22/98, Bill Stewart wrote:
Yeah. The times I've known the facts in cop-vs-citizen cases, the cops have often been lying; I have to assume that they're often lying in cases when I don't know the facts as well. Of course, getting somebody with that kind of attitude about cops onto a jury is somewhat unlikely, but occasionally you'll find neutrals.
I last served on a jury in 1973, 25 years ago, no doubt before many readers of Cypherpunks were born. And I've only received a single _possible_ summons since, in the 25 years since that one jury appearance. Yet some of the apolitical numbskulls I know about have served on several juries in the same time. The Poisson, as expected, or something more human? Jury nullifying minds want to know. --Tim May (This space left blank pending determ. of acceptability to the gov't.) ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments.