#26
Posted: 6/20/03 at 3:28pm
Hmmmm...so to be truly free you can do whatever you want, whenever you want, for however long you want? That would work if you lived by yourself on a desert island. But, in this country, freedom..doesn't come for free you pay a price for every liberty we have. There are certain obligations each of us are called upon to undertake. Some fully participate in them...some don't.
It's indeed sad that penalties have to be rendered for those who choose not to meet their obligations...after all it is a free country right? Tell that to the person,(maybe someone who's in school) who is waiting for a jury trial with the hopes that the jury will be made up a group of people that might in someway be his peers. Or better yet, tell that person, who's looking for justice, that the lawyers and the judge weren't able to seat anyone, the same age, with the same background, and education, because..well..it's a free country and those people can just do what they want. Better luck next time.
Hopefully, you'll never ever find yourself in those circumstances. But, isn't nice to think that if you ever are, that the jury might be made up of people just like you?
It's indeed sad that penalties have to be rendered for those who choose not to meet their obligations...after all it is a free country right? Tell that to the person,(maybe someone who's in school) who is waiting for a jury trial with the hopes that the jury will be made up a group of people that might in someway be his peers. Or better yet, tell that person, who's looking for justice, that the lawyers and the judge weren't able to seat anyone, the same age, with the same background, and education, because..well..it's a free country and those people can just do what they want. Better luck next time.
Hopefully, you'll never ever find yourself in those circumstances. But, isn't nice to think that if you ever are, that the jury might be made up of people just like you?
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