This Saturday 8th August 8-9 PM on It’s A Question Of Balance with Ruth Copland we consider ‘How Important is Doing Your Jury Duty?’ It seems that many people’s first reaction to being asked to serve on a jury is to wonder how they can get out of doing it. With many people avoiding serving as jurors, the choice of jurors in trials becomes much more limited and less representative of the population. Is this something that concerns you in terms of justice being served? Judge Gregory E. Mize, Judicial Fellow, National Center for State Courts, says we need to “move beyond feeling jury service is solely a duty. …jury service is a privilege and … a jury summons is an admission ticket to very special higher learning.” Have you thought about benefiting personally from serving on a jury? Or that it contributes to the upholding of our democracy?
What do you think? Ruth Copland gets the views of people on the street for our Out and About feature. Join us on Saturday 8-9 PM! For more info on the show and to hear past shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com
