In a government trial, the judge is paid, the lawyers are paid, the army of cops is paid, the platoon of clerks is paid, everyone is paid, everyone is there voluntarily, except the jurors, who are conscripted into a form of temporary slavery. I’ve never been drafted myself, but if I ever were, I’ve thought I might write in the questionnaire that as an anarchist, I realize that almost all trials in the prosecutor-happy USA are unjust, and no matter what the defendant is accused of, the government is guilty of almost infinitely worse, and therefore I will always vote … Continue reading Jury ‘Duty’