Tocqueville has an ambiguous but positive discussion of the jury system as educational.
I've been called as an alternate for Thurs., will go if health permits. I agree with Doug that the jury system is great.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>
> >You didn't get tossed for being a "known leftist
> radical"?
> >I assume civil rather than criminal? Anything
> interesting?
> >I've never served myself. I always get eliminated.
> I'd like to do it
> >at least once but I doubt that will happen.
>
> Civil. Forbidden to speak about the case. And no,
> didn't get tossed.
> They didn't ask much about what I did, but last time
> I served, in
> 1997, they did. I told them, and one of the lawyers
> said, "Is that
> like a socialist view of the financial markets?" I
> said, "yeah, you
> could say that." They picked me anyway.
>
> I think New York County uses more jurors per capita
> than anywhere
> else, so we all do our time here. I'm not
> complaining - I think the
> jury system is terrific.
>
> Doug
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