Bill Text: PA SR309 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the week of May 17 through 21, 2010, as "Juror Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-20 - Introduced and adopted [SR309 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR309-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1882
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 309 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, APRIL 20, 2010
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 20, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of May 17 through 21, 2010, as "Juror
Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, For more than 200 years, Americans have benefited
from the protection offered by the right to trial by jury
guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, Since the Bill of Rights was ratified in December
1791, the jury has acted as an unbiased finder of truth and the
most elemental representative body of all citizens and thus has
played a pivotal role in balancing the scales of justice,
equalizing the rights of the poor and powerless with the
privileges of the rich and powerful, nullifying unjust laws,
securing other allowed rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights
and, most importantly, extending and preserving democracy; and
WHEREAS, Every year more than 200,000 Pennsylvanians report
for jury duty and more than 62,000 actually serve as jurors in
both civil and criminal trials; and
WHEREAS, Only when citizens support the jury system and
appear when summoned can this pillar of our democracy fully
protect the rights of all citizens; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of May 17
through 21, 2010, as "Juror Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.
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