[Noah930]

I got called for jury duty 2 weeks ago. I left totally disgusted with the American "justice" system. From an OT thread about jury duty from some time ago, I actually looked up the concepts of "informed jury" and "jury nullification." I think the spirit of the American justice system is being totally railroaded by the judges and trial attorneys of America. The concept of checks and balances has been lost, somewhat. The power of the jury has been removed/emasculated. And the concept that the jury is supposed to represent the will/consensus of the American people is being tossed aside. I don't think the judicial system, today, is run quite the way our founding fathers intended.

It's also socially inconvenient. The judge wasn't willing to excuse me for financial hardship (the only reason you can be excused right off the bat). I'm in the interesting business model where, if I'm not at work, despite having an office of employees, there's no income generated unless I'm working no matter what other people do/don't do. Admittedly, because it's not exactly extreme financial hardship for me to miss two weeks, I can understand that. I do have to say that patient care DID suffer (I'm thinking of a couple particular burn patients I was in the midst of treating) because I wasn't around for 4 days until I was dismissed. But what did that judge care--those weren't her family members.