Posted by Citizen Bob on 11/07/06 16:29

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:41:43 GMT, "Mark Jones"
<noemail@mindspring.com> wrote:

>I read the case history and final outcome and I am glad the the final
>ruling was in her favor.

But the precedent of forcing a prospective jury to volunteer anything
and everything that could later be construed as prejudicial to the
state's case is still on the books.

>In my opinion, the entire selection process needs to be cleaned up.

How?

Impeach rogue judges.

>The only thing that a person should be asked
>is if they know any of the court officers involved in the case. The idea
>of stacking the jury flies in the face of the idea of an impartial jury.

Damn Straight!

--

"First and last, it's a question of money. Those men who own the earth
make the laws to protect what they have. They fix up a sort of fence or
pen around what they have, and they fix the law so the fellow on the
outside cannot get in. The laws are really organized for the protection of
the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do
justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the world."
--Clarence Darrow

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