Shrink the jury to 9 individuals such as the supreme court. Eliminate 25% of the problem in the stroke of a pen. Damn! That is a good idea.
I mean, hey! If 9 folks say you ought to swing, you ought to swing. It certainly would be easier to find 9 qualified jurors than 12. Damn I R smart, ain't I.
You're going down the wrong route Emmett.
If I had been eroneously charged with a crime, I would MOST CERTAINLY want 12 jurrors made up of my peers on the jury!
We don't have a shortage of jurrors.
And just because some of you feel guilty that you don't do the ONE duty that our country asks of us every day citizen, doesn't mean we need to change the JUSTICE system to suit your whims and needs or so to make you feel less guilty.... imho.
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