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revolutionseeds
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Why didnt just answer the questions you had to and maybe end up on the jury?
I really feel the same way about hard drugs, They just keep locking these guys up over and over it isnt going to get them off herion/meth. They should suplly them like they do in amsterdam with clean gov drugs and try to get them off it. That way they dont go steal and rob to buy crappy drugs some guy made in his bathtub.
Hmmm not sure what I would do..never been called,,but if we all stand up for what we believe in it seems like the jury be full of people that think druggies should be locked up?
So, I was called for jury duty. The guy on trial was an old black man, for heroin possession. During the selection process, in front of a courtroom full of potential jurors, cops, lawyers and obviously the judge, they ask everyone a series of question to determine eligibility. The judge asked if I had any problems, thus far during questioning. I told him I thought drugs should be legalized and regulated and that even if I thought he was guilty I wouldn't vote to convict him, because it was against my beliefs. The judge told me to leave. So, I'm proud of myself I stood up for what I believed in. I won't have to wake up knowing I sent some old guy to prison for something he should have received treatment for.
Hopefully, I changed some minds in the courtroom today, or at least gave others the strength to speak up for themselves....which in a courtroom full of people and cops, isn't the easiest thing to do.
On top of it all, I think the defendant was profiled.
Let's put it like this. My view point wasn't super popular amongst the courthouse crowd. On top of it all, I have always been petrified to speak in front of people, but I said my piece.
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