Drug law and the Texas court system

I had my jury duty today in Dallas County, and was assigned, along with almost a hundred others to a drug case. We sat through the selection process all day long (by the time it was over I couldn't feel the lower half of my body, thanks to those horrid wooden benches). It was a simple two charge case- possession of coke and ecstasy, along with an intent to sell. After the prosecution spent hours with his questions the defense took less than an hour for hers.

Now here's the strange part- when it was over they didn't have enough good jurors to begin the trial. Out of all the prospects seated in the room they ended up with just TEN ACCEPTABLE JURORS. They couldn't begin the trial. They are rescheduling it for next year.

From all the questions and responses from the prospects (me included) it quickly became obvious that not many are impressed with the present state of drug law in Texas- it's plain to one and all that it's geared toward conviction and punishment, NOT justice and rehabilitation. And everyone there knew it, from the youngsters to the oldsters. Many stated out loud for the record that they would not be able to judge fairly based upon current Texas law.

I consider it a breakthrough moment in the annals of Texas jurisprudence.

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Its not just Texas however. But our Texas system is effed up..you got it right.

Sounds like things could get shitty pretty quick.

But seriously, maybe there is the faintest glimmer of light
coming from what just might be the end of the tunnel

figuratively speaking, of course

here's to the future:toast: