Procrustes Stretched
"intuition and imagination and intelligence"
The Founding Fathers would be ashamed.
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Over the last several days, Justice Robert W. Doyle has heard the typical excuses from potential jurors. One woman mentioned her husband’s medical problems. Another woman complained about her back.
But other prospective jurors, seeking to be excused, have brought up larger issues in the judge’s Long Island courtroom.
A young woman said that her father, a mechanic, has a “huge opinion about illegal immigration,” and that his views on the subject have “become my opinions as well.” A man told Justice Doyle that his house was broken into by illegal immigrants while he was sleeping, a fact that he said would affect his ability to be fair and impartial.
And there were those who took a different view, like the bank worker who said that because her husband is of Mexican and Italian descent, she might have difficulty being fair. And the woman who explained that most of the clients in her job are illegal Latino immigrants.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/nyregion/09patchogue.html
“I don’t think that because of that they should be killed,” she told Justice Doyle.
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