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   From: doug_mitton@hotmail.com.invalid   
      
   Some Guy  wrote:   
      
   >Doug Mitton wrote:   
   >   
   >> I went through this about a year ago.  I had several reservations   
   >> about the whole thing:   
   >   
   >Do you know from which list you were selected?  Was it the municipal   
   >property tax roles, or was it a federal election list?  Do you know   
   >which court system you were dealing with?  Was it provincial or federal?   
      
   I don't know which list BUT it was for provincial.   
      
   >> - There is a threat implied in the notification, and we are   
   >>   supposed to be the innocent ones.   
   >   
   >The threat is that you will be penalized if you don't fill out the form   
   >truthfully and send it back.  If you want to have a jury that is   
   >unbiased (from a selection point of view) you can't have it composed of   
   >only people that have self-selected themselves because they want to be   
   >on a jury.  Remember, at some point *you* might find have to defend   
   >yourself in court, and you will want an unbiased jury.   
      
   Still unfair in my opinion.   
   I don't have ideas on how to make it better but financial hardship   
   should definetly be one, or at least pay the (missed) salary of the   
   person.  I know for a fact none of the court officers work for free,   
   why should the jury.   
      
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