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My problem with the whole "jury duty" concept is that the state plays us for suckers when it uses the term "duty" -- implying there must be something wrong with you if you don't want to be exploited. If the system had any respect for the individual and actually cared about justice, it would call for volunteers, give them legal training and professional compensation (at least what paralegals earn). These folks would still be your "peers" -- but they would be better prepared and better paid for their time. (I wonder if lawyers would actually want smart jurors, though!)

I don't see how justice is served when the only people in a courtroom who get slave wages are the jurors. The attorneys and the judges rake in the dough, yet the jurors, who have the biggest responsibility of all, are treated like peons! That's what I call an injustice system!