We should think about jury service as an honor.
A chance to do something very important.
A chance to protect equality.
Because that's what the jury is really about.
All jurors are equal.
That's one thing.
No matter who you are, what your day job is, or whether you have one at all.
You're equal in that jury box, in that deliberation room.
And that makes defendants equal, too.
No one has to look at that jury and
say, there's no one like me, no one who will understand me.
>> Being involved with the process and
seeing how it actually works is very interesting, and doing your civic duty is,
I mean there is some pride in that.
>> A democracy only works when people participate.
So if they're not going to participate then what's the point of voting,
of showing up, doing anything.
>> It really knocks into the idea of democracy You feel like a real member
of your community and that you are sitting in judgement on one of your peers
instead of just one judge or some aristocrat or whatever deciding your fate.
>> And that's why we need people to be willing to serve.
For the system to be truly fair.
For it to truly achieve justice, we need everyone on that jury, we need you.
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