PRINTER'S NO. 3379
No. 468 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, GLADECK, SCHRODER, TRUE, ARMSTRONG,
BAKER, BARD, BARRAR, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CIVERA, CLARK, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN,
COLAFELLA, CORRIGAN, CURRY, DALEY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, FEESE,
FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK, FORCIER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE,
GIGLIOTTI, GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HASAY, HERSHEY,
HESS, JAMES, JOSEPHS, LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ, LUCYK, MANDERINO,
MANN, MARSICO, MASLAND, McCALL, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, R. MILLER,
S. MILLER, MYERS, ORIE, PESCI, PIPPY, RAMOS, READSHAW,
ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROHRER, ROSS, RUBLEY, SANTONI, SATHER,
SAYLOR, SEMMEL, SEYFERT, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK,
STRITTMATTER, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, TULLI, WALKO,
WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND ZUG, APRIL 18, 2000
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 18, 2000
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of May 7 through 13, 2000, 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,
1 securing other allowed rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights
2 and, most importantly, extending and preserving democracy; and
3 WHEREAS, Every year over 74,000 Pennsylvanians serve as
4 jurors in both civil and criminal trials; and
5 WHEREAS, Only when citizens support the jury system and
6 appear when summoned can this pillar of our democracy fully
7 protect the rights of all citizens; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
9 week of May 7 through 13, 2000, as "Juror Appreciation Week" in
10 Pennsylvania.
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