Me on Jury Duty?

[Caleb]

...I got my information from wikipedia here. And yes, I know wikipedia is not the best source for information.

Yet you refereed to Wikipedia knowing it's not a good source?

 

[It'sAllFun&Games]

Yet you refereed to Wikipedia knowing it's not a good source?

So, I shouldn't have showed where I got my information from?

 

[Caleb]

So, I shouldn't have showed where I got my information from?

If you know a source isn't good, don't refer to it

 

[williamsjr22]

I got the jury duty papers a couple months ago. So far I haven't heard anything else.

 

[Hohn]

I just got notified for Bart. County. There's no way I'll ever get picked on an actual empaneled jury. I'm too opinionated, too strong, too vocal.

I'm too right for the job, so I'll never get it.

 

[Ted]

So, I shouldn't have showed where I got my information from?

You can utilize wiki for information gathering, but utilize and reference the cited works in the footnotes for your arguments.

 

[Ted]

Ideally, legal counsel wants the dumbest people to sit upon juries.

They don't want people who can listen to the evidence and utilize critical thinking skills. Instead, they want people who will interject their emotions and prejudices into the deliberations process.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

Wow, I didn't know that! Learn something new every day, as they say.

I'm not an expert. As a matter of fact, I got my information from wikipedia here. And yes, I know wikipedia is not the best source for information. But as is with everything legal, there is room for interpretation.

There's an interesting discussion of this very article and section of the Indiana Constitution here.

Oh and here is what John Jay the first Chief Justice of the Supreme court had to say about it in his instructions to the jury in Georgia v. Brailsford(the first jury trial in front of SCOTUS. As quoted in Sparf v US

"It may not be amiss here, gentlemen, to remind you of the good old rule that on questions of fact, it is the province of the jury, on questions of law it is the province of the court, to decide. But it must be observed that by the same law which recognizes this reasonable distribution of jurisdiction, you have, nevertheless, a right to take upon yourselves to judge of both, and to determine the law as well as the fact in controversy. On this and on every other occasion, however, we have no doubt you will pay that respect which is due to the opinion of the court, for as on the one hand it is presumed that juries are best judges of facts, it is, on the other hand, presumable that the courts are the best judges of the law. But still both objects are lawfully within your power of decision."

But the Supreme Court in Sparf v US stated that while it is a defacto right of the jury, they don't have to be informed of it.

 

[Degtyaryov]

You sound pretty spot on.