[geeks] CCW for Ohio!

Phil Stracchino alaric at caerllewys.net
Sat Dec 20 03:25:49 CST 2003


On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 09:00:37PM -0500, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2003, at 7:18 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> >I certainly don't have a problem with the idea of jury duty.
> >
> >(Now what I *DO* have a problem with is the practice of the legal teams
> >involved screening the jurors to try to select the most ignorant and
> >impressionable, rather than the intelligent jurors capable of reasoning
> >for themselves.  I know several people who've told me that whenever
> >they've been called for jury duty, the moment they state they have a
> >college degree, they're eliminated from the pool.)
> >
> That does sound wrong.... my problem is the fact that it is time off 
> without pay.

Well, with low pay, but my understanding was that your employer is
required to make up the difference.  (This may be a state-by-state
issue, though.)


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