PRINTER'S NO. 937
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
140
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KILLION, GREENLEAF, BLAKE, BREWSTER, FARNESE,
SCAVELLO, DINNIMAN, EICHELBERGER, HUGHES, RAFFERTY, BROWNE,
FOLMER, AUMENT AND BOSCOLA, JUNE 12, 2017
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 12, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of June 19 through 25, 2017, as "Juror
Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, For 225 years, Americans have benefited from the
protection offered by the right to trial by an impartial jury
guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, Since the Bill of Rights, which includes the Sixth
Amendment, was ratified in December 1791, the jury has acted as
an unbiased finder of truth and the most representative body of
citizens in our justice system; and
WHEREAS, The jury 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, securing
other allowed rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights and, most
importantly, extending and preserving democracy; and
WHEREAS, Every year more than 225,000 Pennsylvanians report
for jury duty and more than 60,000 serve as jurors in civil and
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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 June 19
through 25, 2017, as "Juror Appreciation Week" in Pennsylvania.
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