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Sunday, October 28, 2007
This week in AIS we were talking about Mr. O'connors jury duty for a signifigant amount of time in call one day and what the bias's might be or are when lawyers pick who should be on a jury. And when Mr. O'connor brought up that alot of the time people pick a person who might not have such an extensive education as another person. And it got me thinking how corrupt that could end up for example if a case were very complicated or around those lines and no one on the jury could follow or no one could have the expierence to apply there opinions to give a fair trial. I've read numerous books by one of my favorite authors Jodi Picoult and in all of her books there is always a trial and i believe that she really captures and get down the lingo of a court room in her books and from that expierene i've started to notice when watching Law and Order and other shows or movies that have to do with a trial that just a simple finger pointed or an opinion shouted out before objection can be called can ruin someones life and it's interesting how corrupt or what a disadvantage a case can be at for a poor man.
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Mark- you make a really good point about how much a little gesture can effect a person's life. It's true that it does seem unfair that lawyers get to pick their juries...but just taking a random group of people without any selection could get an innocent man proven guilty. I also think it would be so hard to be on a jury because you're forced to make a decision that could ruin someone's life and it's cool how you picked up on the little things in the Jodi Picoult books and Law and Order.
Mike/Mark,
Excellent observation and connected to a concept we will be exploring later this year: CORRUPTION.
Check out this lecture by Professor Lawrence Lessig who is devoting the next ten years to studying all forms of corruption, from politicians to doctors to law professors.
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