Jury Duty

[miz_wright]

Originally Posted by TaylorMarieXXX

It's interesting how suddenly everyone is fiscal conservatives when it comes to jury duty.

Here's an interesting fact for everyone who makes the cost argument. In Florida (where I'm from), and I'm sure most other states are pretty close, The Judiciary, while as a branch of the government, in essence one third of the government, receives less than %1 of budgeted state monies.

So if you are really concerned about the cost, I suggest you look at the folks on welfare, or all the pork that goes to home districts rather than the system that insures rapists go to jail, or that you have redress when some drunk runs you over and you lose your legs.

It's entirely possible I have been misunderstanding, but the commentary as I've interpreted it has been primarily concerned with inefficiencies in the system and for its purposes, its lack of effectiveness as a result.

None of which indicates fiscal conservatism so much as a concern about the misuse of exisiting resources.