[SML] Genie AWP-25S

Richard Niederberg ladesigners at gmail.com
Fri Sep 26 13:34:06 UTC 2014


One of the problems is that persons are NOT allowed to volunteer for
Jury Duty. Some persons on Social Security could really use $15 a day
to survive.
/s/ Richard

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Bill Conner via Stagecraft
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> While I think the jury system is a fantastic concept, having been
> called regularly over the past 25 years in Cook County, I have seen
> that many people I would want on a jury, often myself included, ask to
> be excused and are because of the time off from job.  Last one was
> predicted to be a three week case - and it was a very interesting
> product liability issue - but hoe can a person who works 50-60 hours a
> week in an above hourly wage earner job possibly take off three weeks
> for the royal sum of $15 some dollars a day?  The result is that many
> jurors are retired or unemployed.  The one time I did serve, I was
> elected foreman, and spent most of my time explaining what "50%
> meant".  Just the concept of more or less than half was difficulty for
> many in that room.
>
> To suggest that the jury isn't led like sheep by the best lawyer in
> the courtroom is simply disingenuous.
>
> And I'm sure there are folks in the top 10% of earners who are very
> adept at not appearing greedy - but how did they get there otherwise?
> That is the group we are discussing, not the median earner.
>
> I wonder if I can import Tallescopes from the UK where tort law has
> not become such a profit center.
>
> --
> Bill Conner Fellow of the ASTC
>
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/s/ Richard
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