Hi Steve glad to see you here.
Yep just another draconian law among many that we can live without. I'm tired of making criminals out of people who have done nothing wrong.
Having sit on a couple juries I can tell you they are not as forgiving as you might think. The majority are retired people like myself that already have pre made up minds on a lot of these issues and assume your guilty before the trial even starts. I encourage you younger kids to do your jury duty and try to bring some fresh prospectives into these jury rooms. Its a slow boring process and you will be in and out of the courtroom quite a few times as the attorneys and judges confer on things the jury aren't allowed to hear. But you're kept reasonably comfortable and get a free meal out of the deal. Doesn't pay much but they pay enough to cover your trnsportation costs anyways. Everyone should do at least once to understand how the process works. I think all high school kids should be required to sit in on a court case just to understand how the process works.