OR, move it upstairs to the main lobby area. Why hide it in the basement, anyway? Besides, jurors watch television and go to movies, too. They should not be shocked, nor should it influence their decision one way or the other. If they are sitting jurors on any cases, they ought to have a sense of what is right and wrong already. Woe to all of us if they do not.
So, in other words, I am still not buying Opat's excuse. If he, or anybody else, buy's it, I have some swamp land for sale here in Florida. Comes with a pet alligator that doesn't bite. Much. Pamela Taylor (Tampa) Jordan Kushner wrote: > This is a rather unrealistic hypothetical. A more likely > scenario is that jurors hearing a case of a Black criminal > defendant (probably a majority of the defendants in Hennepin > County) might actually be more sensitive about racism > God forbid! When I first saw Mr. Kushner's post about the exhibit I sat down to write a roaring defense of First Amendment rights. But, as I was researching my response (I normally read over the discussion carefully to be sure that I understand the issues), I found Mr. Opat comment about the possible influence on juries and since I believe that a right to a fair trail is as important as free expression I held my tongue. I do think that Mr. Kushner wrote a creditable response to my question, however if I was in charge of the Courts building I would have taken a similar action. Michael Atherton Prospect Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
