Saturday, November 11, 2006

It may be gone...



Amendment E is dead, voted out of existence by a margin of 90 to 10.
Long gone.
Stick a fork in it.
Dead and buried.

...or is it?

Apparently the organizer of Amendment E Bill Stegmeier has said he would definitely try again in the future. And that's not necessarily a BAD thing...if it would be handled right.

The premise was not at fault, judicial accountability is arguably a good thing. However, giving people the right to come down on jurors and other officials was unnecessary...and for the most part rather silly. People stuck in jury duty usually don't want to be there in the first place! It's a tiresome imposition, so giving the accused the ability to delve into their personal lives because they didn't like the verdict given boils down to nothing more than a larger imposition. It's like pouring salt in a wound. Be more specific Bill! And leave people who don't even want to be there alone!

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