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Old December 1, 2009, 10:10 PM   #18
Frank Ettin
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The "jury of your peers" business comes from old English Common Law when class distinctions were more apparent and generally more accepted. In particular, it meant that if you were nobility, commoners would not be sitting in judgment of you. It has no application in today's world.
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