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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 02:57:51 -0600 From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null> Subject: Re: democracy?! (Re: Terrorism is a NON-THREAT (fwd)) (fwd)

Jim Choate wrote:

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Juries are supposed to be composed of your peers, not who the prosecution or defence believe will best support their case. It should be that the first 12 poeple called who don't have a valid excuse to be excused are the jury, the next 12 are the back-ups.

You're way off base here, Jim. As a matter of fact, the government goes to extraordinary lengths to make certain that we get a jury of our peers.

No, I just hit a home run. The fact is that if the defendant is facing a charge that can result in the death penalty *NO* juror will sit on that jury who will a priori eliminate the death penalty as a potential verdict. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there | | be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves. | | | | -Alan Greenspan- | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|