PDF Format – 1999 Voters Guide

Side Bars – Who We Are – The Name – Christian, not Conservative – A 19th Century Christian Theologian’s Comments on Secular Conservatism – Crime and Restitution – Juries: Past and Present – The Notorious Ox and Safety – Self-Incrimination and the Bible – Judges versus Computers – Open Pits and Paying Your Own Way

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Measure 75
Amends Constitution: Aperson convicted of certain crimes cannot serve on grand juries or criminal trial juries.

EXPLANATION:
If this measure passes, certain people could not serve on juries. If a man had been convicted of a felony in the past 15 years, he could not be a juror. Or if a man had been convicted of a misdemeanor involving violence or dishonesty within the past 5 years, he could not serve as a juror.

RECOMMENDATION:
YES.

The modern jury system needs strong overhauling to return it to its Biblical roots. In the Bible, the forerunners of the modern jury (“elders in the gate” and the Sanhedrin) were Spirit-filled men of good reputation and mature character (Ex. 18:21; Dt.1:15; 1 Tim. 3). In colonial Christian America, only freeholders (owing property without encumbrance of debt), who were assumed to be literate in Biblical law, could be jurors. While a baby step, we think this measure is a step in the right direction and should be supported. See Sidebar - Juries: Past and Present.

This voters' guide produced by Parents Education Association, PAC.