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Jury Duty Matters
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Jury Duty Matters

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by on Jul 13, 2011 in Columnists, Featured, Law & Justice
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I wonder how many people who criticize the Casey Anthony jury have tried to get out of jury duty when they were called. There was a time, before I served on a jury, when I was one of those whose life was so busy there was no way I wanted the inconvenience of it. I […]

When "Not Guilty" Seems to be a Travesty
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When “Not Guilty” Seems to be a Travesty

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by on Jul 12, 2011 in Featured, Law & Justice
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Casey Anthony’s acquittal of the killing of her precious child, Caylee, has shocked the nation.  Many who watched the trial on TV – and who were not constrained from taking into account inadmissible evidence, the punditry of various talking heads, or the overwhelming public sentiment against Ms. Anthony – have been critical of the jury’s […]