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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY COSTA, ORIE, WASHINGTON, STOUT, KASUNIC, DINNIMAN, BAKER, TARTAGLIONE, MUSTO, HUGHES, PILEGGI, KITCHEN, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, GREENLEAF, O'PAKE, WOZNIAK, WONDERLING, FONTANA, LEACH, BOSCOLA, FERLO, PIPPY, LOGAN, ALLOWAY, BROWNE, D. WHITE, WAUGH, FARNESE, WARD, EARLL AND TOMLINSON, MAY 6, 2009 |
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| INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 6, 2009 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Designating the week of May 10 through 16, 2009, as "Juror |
2 | Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania. |
3 | WHEREAS, For more than 200 years, Americans have benefited |
4 | from the protection offered by the right to trial by jury |
5 | guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the |
6 | United States; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Since the Bill of Rights was ratified in December |
8 | 1791, the jury has acted as an unbiased finder of truth and the |
9 | most elemental representative body of all citizens and thus has |
10 | played a pivotal role in balancing the scales of justice, |
11 | equalizing the rights of the poor and powerless with the |
12 | privileges of the rich and powerful, nullifying unjust laws, |
13 | securing other allowed rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights |
14 | and, most importantly, extending and preserving democracy; and |
15 | WHEREAS, Every year more than 200,000 Pennsylvanians report |
16 | for jury duty and more than 62,000 actually serve as jurors in |
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1 | both civil and criminal trials; and |
2 | WHEREAS, Only when citizens support the jury system and |
3 | appear when summoned can this pillar of our democracy fully |
4 | protect the rights of all citizens; therefore be it |
5 | RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of May 10 |
6 | through 16, 2009, as "Juror Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania. |
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