The Jurors Are Revolting

A group of citizens is abdicating its civic duty to sit on a jury for trials before Judge Aaron Persky, who handed down the apparently light sentence referenced in my previous post. Let's assume for a moment that the citizens' outrage is justified rather than grossly misplaced. What good comes from refusing to sit on a jury? If your goal is to thwart Persky, it would be far better to sit on a jury in his court and do your level best to work justice as you see it. Also, if you perceive yourself as high-minded and principled, you are contradicting yourself by now harming people caught up in the criminal justice system who could benefit from your supposed virtues. By leaving them in the lurch and gumming up the works, you prove only that you are selfish, self-centered, and more harmful than Persky. 

The opportunity to sit on a jury is precious. By wasting it to make a personal (and ineffectual) protest, these potential jurors are revolting indeed.