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Re: New quotes for Fri Dec 20

marc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (marc@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Dec 21 12:49:50 1991

If you believe you have been denied jury duty for illegal reasons, do
you have any recourse?  The stories I've heard about jury selection
mostly boil down to anybody who has a college education, or more than
a passing knowledge of the law, has almost no chance of staying on a
jury.

>> ... and have had people who hang around outside courtrooms giving
>> jurors pamphlets which explain jury nullification jailed in contempt
>> of court.

On what grounds?  Has this ever been contested?

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