To Justice
Tim recently wondered how any productive member of society could end up on a jury.
Now another reason to avoid jury duty: No beer! Not even after a day of deliberations.
"No law prohibits alcohol-drinking by sequestered jurors, but many judges bar it to avoid potential problems such as jurors with hangovers or taxpayers being charged for bar tabs."
Jurors can decide a defendant's guilt (and award massive payments to a plaintiff), yet judges don't trust them to behave responsibly on their own time?
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maybe jurys those insanely massive payments becuase they can't be trusted to behave responsibly on their own time
Maybe juries are awarding massive payments because they get mean when they are sober.
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