PRINTER'S NO. 1267
No. 119 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, HENNESSEY, RUBLEY, HARHART,
ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BARD, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CLARK, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN,
CORRIGAN, CREIGHTON, CRUZ, DALEY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DIVEN,
DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FEESE, FICHTER, FLICK,
FORCIER, FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, HARHAI, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
HESS, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, LAUGHLIN, LEDERER, LESCOVITZ, MAJOR,
MANDERINO, MANN, MARSICO, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, R. MILLER,
S. MILLER, PIPPY, PISTELLA, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROBINSON,
ROHRER, ROSS, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SHANER,
B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO, WALKO,
WASHINGTON, WATSON, C. WILLIAMS, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD,
FRANKEL AND GRUCELA, MARCH 21, 2001
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 21, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of May 6 through 12, 2001, 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 6 through 12, 2001, as "Juror Appreciation Week" in
10 Pennsylvania.
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