Essay: The Truth About Jury Duty

It’s easy to forget how important jurors really are to America. Jurors are charged with the responsibility of deciding whether, based on the facts of the case, a person is guilty or not guilty; and therefore, possibly determining if a person is put into jail for life or put on death row. Now if people in this jury don’t even want to be doing jury duty how do we know that these people will give a proper decision. But, if juries are comprised only of people that express an interest or want to serve on a jury then they would make a proper decision. This is well supported by the following text, “The Truth About Jury Duty”, “Impartial Jurors, Impartial Juries”, and “Why Jury Duty Matters”.
Jurors are often unqualified to determine a person guilty or not guilty and may be uneducated enough to determine so. Juries are, “letting incompetent amateurs decide the fates of accused persons is an injustice.” (text 3 line _). Letting jurors decide the future of the suspect without a complete understanding of law or understanding the outcomes of what they decide for the suspect is unjust. Everyone has the right to a …show more content…
Today, “jury summons is an unwelcome inconvenience” (text 4 line_). It wastes people’s time, jurors that have responsibilities and are uninterested in being a juror may not give a proper decision. Placing individuals in a position of involuntary servitude won’t produce the best results and is unconstitutional. In the process of “forcing everyday people against their will and without pay to serve as jurors robs them of both the competence and the will they need to pursue true justice” (text 3 line _).” The jury system is a violation of human rights that forces individuals into a temporary state of slavery. Jury duty forces naturally un-inclined people to serve as jurors, it not only violates their right to a pursuit of happiness but also damages the jury verdict