Does 'pick-a-pal' system give you a grand jury of your peers?

August 13, 2014 | Updated: August 14, 2014 5:53pm

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August 13, 2014 | Updated: August 14, 2014 5:53pm

The horrible thing about judges, magistrates, detectives, policemen and other "legal officials" isn't that they're wicked or stupid, 20th Century English luminary G. K. Chesterton once wrote.

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Does 'pick-a-pal' system give you a grand jury of your peers?

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